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 September Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,822,445 1,046,054 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,209 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 710,484 158,824 Wire Rods 209,923 66,310 Structural Shapes Heavy 68,384 23,048 Steel Piling 6,804 3,640 Plates Cut Lengths 50,480 22,120 Plates In Coils 170,180 44,021 Rails Standard 9,991 5,137 Rails All Other 692 379 Railroad Accessories 164 94 Bars - Hot Rolled 127,611 59,803 Bars - Light Shaped 14,774 6,405 Bars - Reinforcing 157,532 30,885 Bars - Cold Finished 19,668 22,708 Tool Steel 11,205 15,295 Standard Pipe 60,260 30,102 Oil Country Goods 14,741 11,514 Line Pipe 57,799 24,423 Mechanical Tubing 31,499 26,665 Pressure Tubing 4,201 4,170 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 6,173 19,958 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,269 2,767 Structural Pipe & Tube 31,401 16,317 Pipe For Piling 766 317 Wire Drawn 52,958 45,372 Black Plate 10,985 6,355 Tin Plate 30,159 17,196 Tin Free Steel 19,173 11,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 436,567 113,820 Sheets Cold Rolled 273,353 118,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,967 83,087 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,295 9,995 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 20,599 12,172 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,217 4,930 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,662 2,835 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,301 23,966 _______________________________________________________________________ 1999 August Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,963,420 1,081,593 Ingots And Steel For Castings 843 1,237 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 751,921 161,235 Wire Rods 275,737 76,898 Structural Shapes Heavy 101,783 31,551 Steel Piling 11,346 6,026 Plates Cut Lengths 42,413 23,047 Plates In Coils 154,967 48,004 Rails Standard 26,470 13,353 Rails All Other 5,556 2,896 Railroad Accessories 283 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 111,386 55,688 Bars - Light Shaped 27,041 10,660 Bars - Reinforcing 223,499 43,919 Bars - Cold Finished 21,895 24,101 Tool Steel 11,907 17,085 Standard Pipe 73,837 36,977 Oil Country Goods 8,713 6,797 Line Pipe 45,068 19,510 Mechanical Tubing 33,687 26,461 Pressure Tubing 3,300 3,777 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 7,084 23,308 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,700 3,764 Structural Pipe & Tube 37,538 17,896 Pipe For Piling 556 275 Wire Drawn 56,672 47,843 Black Plate 15,828 7,949 Tin Plate 43,352 24,679 Tin Free Steel 13,412 7,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 385,689 96,729 Sheets Cold Rolled 255,022 112,332 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 150,202 76,220 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,603 6,958 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 17,611 11,761 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,958 5,731 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,645 3,082 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,897 26,018 _______________________________________________________________________ 1998 September Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,501,878 1,420,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 526 574 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 550,612 133,006 Wire Rods 171,382 58,264 Structural Shapes Heavy 234,777 76,220 Steel Piling 15,365 8,257 Plates Cut Lengths 283,478 122,671 Plates In Coils 290,943 80,510 Rails Standard 12,728 6,762 Rails All Other 2,902 2,264 Railroad Accessories 340 463 Bars - Hot Rolled 107,888 56,732 Bars - Light Shaped 18,498 8,122 Bars - Reinforcing 73,346 19,026 Bars - Cold Finished 27,094 31,920 Tool Steel 10,492 14,539 Standard Pipe 65,869 34,921 Oil Country Goods 26,367 22,052 Line Pipe 131,038 72,807 Mechanical Tubing 36,160 34,632 Pressure Tubing 2,476 3,297 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,901 19,069 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,093 1,913 Structural Pipe & Tube 40,500 21,028 Pipe For Piling 1,203 456 Wire Drawn 50,162 46,581 Black Plate 12,258 6,969 Tin Plate 22,844 14,433 Tin Free Steel 8,469 5,342 Sheets Hot Rolled 743,504 217,661 Sheets Cold Rolled 354,209 164,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 146,571 83,649 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,867 7,328 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 12,248 9,327 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,041 5,849 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,549 3,130 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,181 26,570 ______________________________________________________________________ 1998 August Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,007,775 1,569,672 Ingots And Steel For Castings 69,702 8,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 601,313 149,665 Wire Rods 189,330 65,155 Structural Shapes Heavy 197,599 69,825 Steel Piling 26,232 14,016 Plates Cut Lengths 273,366 120,227 Plates In Coils 291,767 85,248 Rails Standard 23,128 12,159 Rails All Other 5,882 3,811 Railroad Accessories 537 323 Bars - Hot Rolled 146,575 73,429 Bars - Light Shaped 32,275 12,122 Bars - Reinforcing 89,784 20,751 Bars - Cold Finished 25,016 31,688 Tool Steel 11,146 16,916 Standard Pipe 67,883 38,836 Oil Country Goods 19,176 13,943 Line Pipe 94,478 53,912 Mechanical Tubing 37,861 37,860 Pressure Tubing 6,578 7,441 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 4,605 19,414 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,216 1,588 Structural Pipe & Tube 45,868 24,558 Pipe For Piling 3,293 1,254 Wire Drawn 51,188 47,025 Black Plate 12,252 7,163 Tin Plate 20,624 13,013 Tin Free Steel 10,699 7,778 Sheets Hot Rolled 1,008,713 274,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 434,692 198,946 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,590 83,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,255 9,032 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 13,712 10,184 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,000 6,042 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,142 4,246 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,299 25,640 ______________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 1999 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 24,037,407 9,294,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,398 15,055 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,604,875 1,183,702 Wire Rods 1,916,397 576,629 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,064,894 325,637 Steel Piling 82,749 43,912 Plates Cut Lengths 663,365 302,194 Plates In Coils 1,030,956 294,332 Rails Standard 182,896 90,200 Rails All Other 22,066 13,447 Railroad Accessories 3,295 1,722 Bars - Hot Rolled 999,946 491,331 Bars - Light Shaped 196,262 76,188 Bars - Reinforcing 1,297,136 266,541 Bars - Cold Finished 197,445 220,554 Tool Steel 109,420 161,231 Standard Pipe 566,447 291,387 Oil Country Goods 78,967 69,538 Line Pipe 653,961 306,428 Mechanical Tubing 295,055 250,619 Pressure Tubing 32,731 38,103 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 54,233 186,562 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 17,451 20,349 Structural Pipe & Tube 324,422 156,926 Pipe For Piling 14,681 6,988 Wire Drawn 503,190 433,985 Black Plate 112,157 61,597 Tin Plate 340,156 192,842 Tin Free Steel 133,544 89,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,066,614 804,753 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,483,006 1,102,147 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,438,370 745,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 118,199 61,971 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 152,454 99,691 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,015 51,764 Strip - Hot Rolled 56,208 26,563 Strip - Cold Rolled 138,446 234,311 ______________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 1998 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 27,685,555 12,296,072 Ingots And Steel For Castings 139,048 34,533 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,689,336 1,292,643 Wire Rods 1,621,222 601,963 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,878,324 697,551 Steel Piling 143,995 77,126 Plates Cut Lengths 1,405,888 677,384 Plates In Coils 1,977,952 684,835 Rails Standard 208,662 108,346 Rails All Other 40,260 25,471 Railroad Accessories 2,650 2,026 Bars - Hot Rolled 1,079,407 565,349 Bars - Light Shaped 202,092 90,834 Bars - Reinforcing 853,770 233,459 Bars - Cold Finished 242,221 303,273 Tool Steel 111,461 170,752 Standard Pipe 633,037 357,807 Oil Country Goods 267,790 208,760 Line Pipe 862,734 500,489 Mechanical Tubing 346,064 329,231 Pressure Tubing 46,323 49,071 Stainless Pipe & Tubing 46,732 190,319 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 10,011 13,194 Structural Pipe & Tube 346,708 186,574 Pipe For Piling 15,544 7,232 Wire Drawn 473,450 457,928 Black Plate 120,781 74,567 Tin Plate 218,359 138,952 Tin Free Steel 109,868 79,906 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,296,553 1,602,197 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,602,708 1,335,384 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 1,206,001 706,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 120,874 76,573 Sheets & Strip All Oth Met Coat 81,193 65,023 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 82,780 68,091 Strip - Hot Rolled 67,885 33,251 Strip - Cold Rolled 133,870 249,958 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."