Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1A: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding 2003 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 286,328 180,742 242,068 143,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,255 1,070 846 499 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 77,680 21,214 69,616 18,473 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,471 1,700 4,146 1,925 Plates Cut Lengths 20,463 11,088 14,732 7,447 Plates In Coils 2,901 1,310 2,530 1,227 Rails Standard 1,736 855 122 105 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,415 30,252 35,568 17,693 Bars - Light Shaped 1,103 485 1,389 562 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 3,741 3,671 2,939 Tool Steel 15,987 19,671 13,051 16,451 Standard Pipe 1,401 1,839 908 1,371 Oil Country Goods 18,862 22,070 9,888 12,265 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,557 1,857 122 119 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,644 1,920 2,314 2,026 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,889 10,732 6,604 7,499 Pressure Tubing 1,756 3,533 1,715 3,221 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 486 294 1,175 Structural Pipe & Tube 966 1,616 1,763 1,597 Pipe For Piling 0 0 135 165 Wire Drawn 9,732 9,382 7,156 7,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,735 4,783 4,683 2,606 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,877 6,259 18,892 9,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,526 10,561 33,939 17,398 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,520 3,116 2,178 2,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,683 6,827 3,553 3,772 Strip - Hot Rolled 375 268 672 284 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,080 4,107 1,581 3,487 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,643 164,120 340,920 181,829 Ingots And Steel For Castings 583 463 2,480 1,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,834 15,779 101,922 19,650 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 2,004 7,112 2,296 Plates Cut Lengths 19,932 11,491 28,388 14,975 Plates In Coils 8,749 3,104 4,526 1,509 Rails Standard 44 27 976 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,154 26,846 57,406 27,639 Bars - Light Shaped 2,913 997 1,837 634 Bars - Cold Finished 4,468 5,709 2,799 4,192 Tool Steel 8,217 14,022 11,712 14,705 Standard Pipe 1,047 1,967 842 1,850 Oil Country Goods 7,755 10,367 6,010 9,752 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,409 8,616 18,862 11,729 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 163 203 109 618 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,433 10,102 5,307 7,328 Pressure Tubing 5,001 10,234 2,802 6,071 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 269 831 213 826 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,905 1,463 1,906 1,691 Pipe For Piling 73 37 0 0 Wire Drawn 7,343 7,391 6,259 6,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,854 2,069 10,633 5,508 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,288 3,392 9,743 6,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,659 18,699 37,083 19,481 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,002 2,484 4,486 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,206 2,266 14,364 8,196 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,041 557 1,195 644 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,985 2,999 1,949 3,960 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 813,582 489,654 993,407 559,766 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,074 2,190 4,964 3,117 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 227,954 61,688 259,702 49,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,220 4,534 23,290 7,819 Plates Cut Lengths 49,690 26,771 81,283 44,412 Plates In Coils 11,073 5,063 19,554 6,873 Rails Standard 2,375 1,267 1,063 631 Bars - Hot Rolled 154,346 75,116 173,852 85,344 Bars - Light Shaped 5,126 2,241 6,137 2,366 Bars - Cold Finished 11,830 9,871 14,056 17,159 Tool Steel 41,446 52,422 31,261 43,157 Standard Pipe 2,941 4,365 2,555 4,907 Oil Country Goods 40,033 49,498 31,321 43,449 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 8,819 6,598 41,240 25,990 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,716 5,321 700 3,543 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 22,365 26,442 24,005 33,095 Pressure Tubing 5,286 9,939 13,822 28,262 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 778 2,919 695 2,510 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,457 5,621 5,376 4,353 Pipe For Piling 156 177 108 57 Wire Drawn 24,962 24,921 20,841 21,338 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,722 11,999 22,326 11,091 Sheets Cold Rolled 39,570 22,753 58,065 25,578 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 80,239 42,887 108,541 56,756 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,359 8,117 12,272 8,914 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,217 14,797 26,637 16,329 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,106 1,106 3,957 2,096 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,720 11,035 5,786 10,669 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2003