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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,149 174,286 286,328 180,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,207 1,517 1,255 1,070 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,427 13,056 77,680 21,214 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,571 1,982 3,471 1,700 Plates Cut Lengths 18,355 11,550 20,463 11,088 Plates In Coils 8,774 3,337 2,901 1,310 Rails Standard 93 83 1,736 855 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,670 23,435 59,415 30,252 Bars - Light Shaped 1,806 833 1,103 485 Bars - Cold Finished 6,411 5,063 4,586 3,741 Tool Steel 15,113 19,239 15,987 19,671 Standard Pipe 686 1,141 1,401 1,839 Oil Country Goods 22,472 21,965 18,862 22,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,442 7,458 2,557 1,857 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,638 1,922 2,644 1,920 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,449 9,046 8,889 10,732 Pressure Tubing 1,965 3,517 1,756 3,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 532 128 486 Structural Pipe & Tube 826 1,381 966 1,616 Pipe For Piling 356 200 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,124 9,152 9,732 9,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,561 4,292 8,735 4,783 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,259 6,067 8,877 6,259 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,463 17,714 18,526 10,561 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,484 1,732 3,520 3,116 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,375 3,305 8,683 6,827 Strip - Hot Rolled 665 345 375 268 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,828 4,423 2,080 4,107 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 263,156 165,347 285,643 164,120 Ingots And Steel For Castings 575 526 583 463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 45,085 8,973 80,834 15,779 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,399 3,769 6,313 2,004 Plates Cut Lengths 16,331 8,037 19,932 11,491 Plates In Coils 6,176 2,127 8,749 3,104 Rails Standard 267 294 44 27 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,269 27,213 54,154 26,846 Bars - Light Shaped 2,225 1,062 2,913 997 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 3,891 4,468 5,709 Tool Steel 9,709 12,718 8,217 14,022 Standard Pipe 878 1,397 1,047 1,967 Oil Country Goods 17,690 15,462 7,755 10,367 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 19,686 12,674 13,409 8,616 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20 133 163 203 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,550 13,619 7,433 10,102 Pressure Tubing 6,189 13,355 5,001 10,234 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 844 269 831 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,312 2,402 1,905 1,463 Pipe For Piling 93 49 73 37 Wire Drawn 9,300 9,011 7,343 7,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,863 1,802 4,854 2,069 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,582 2,601 6,288 3,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,131 15,416 34,659 18,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,413 2,340 3,002 2,484 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,999 2,305 3,206 2,266 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 229 1,041 557 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,342 3,099 1,985 2,999 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,081,731 663,941 1,256,563 725,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,281 3,707 5,539 3,643 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 271,381 74,744 304,787 58,924 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,791 6,516 33,689 11,588 Plates Cut Lengths 68,045 38,320 97,614 52,449 Plates In Coils 19,848 8,401 25,729 9,000 Rails Standard 2,468 1,350 1,330 925 Bars - Hot Rolled 201,016 98,551 231,121 112,557 Bars - Light Shaped 6,933 3,074 8,361 3,429 Bars - Cold Finished 18,241 14,934 17,463 21,050 Tool Steel 56,559 71,661 40,970 55,875 Standard Pipe 3,627 5,506 3,433 6,304 Oil Country Goods 62,505 71,463 49,011 58,911 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,262 14,056 60,926 38,664 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,355 7,242 720 3,676 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 29,813 35,488 33,554 46,713 Pressure Tubing 7,252 13,456 20,011 41,617 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 906 3,450 943 3,355 Structural Pipe & Tube 7,284 7,002 8,687 6,755 Pipe For Piling 512 376 201 106 Wire Drawn 34,086 34,073 30,141 30,349 Sheets Hot Rolled 32,283 16,291 26,189 12,893 Sheets Cold Rolled 49,829 28,820 62,646 28,179 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 115,701 60,601 137,672 72,173 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,843 9,849 14,685 11,254 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 22,592 18,102 29,636 18,634 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,772 1,451 4,376 2,325 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,548 15,459 7,128 13,767 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 April 2003