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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,577 174,133 268,149 174,286 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,102 565 2,207 1,517 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,115 20,020 43,427 13,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,732 7,158 3,571 1,982 Plates Cut Lengths 14,156 8,673 18,355 11,550 Plates In Coils 6,175 2,742 8,774 3,337 Rails Standard 224 149 93 83 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,634 22,197 46,670 23,435 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 521 1,806 833 Bars - Cold Finished 4,709 3,994 6,411 5,063 Tool Steel 14,038 18,707 15,113 19,239 Standard Pipe 653 1,076 686 1,141 Oil Country Goods 18,693 24,997 22,472 21,965 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,528 8,324 11,442 7,458 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,240 2,893 2,638 1,922 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,311 8,338 7,449 9,046 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,432 1,965 3,517 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 172 577 128 532 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,710 1,622 826 1,381 Pipe For Piling 408 263 356 200 Wire Drawn 7,629 7,436 9,124 9,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,433 4,959 9,561 4,292 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,985 3,923 10,259 6,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,141 11,296 35,463 17,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,714 2,535 2,484 1,732 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,423 3,714 4,375 3,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 266 172 665 345 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,634 2,848 1,828 4,423 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 234,636 143,296 263,156 165,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 627 535 575 526 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,815 9,047 45,085 8,973 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,411 4,023 10,399 3,769 Plates Cut Lengths 13,937 7,041 16,331 8,037 Plates In Coils 12,645 4,139 6,176 2,127 Rails Standard 731 448 267 294 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,090 22,952 57,269 27,213 Bars - Light Shaped 2,319 954 2,225 1,062 Bars - Cold Finished 2,648 3,935 3,407 3,891 Tool Steel 10,999 13,601 9,709 12,718 Standard Pipe 1,119 2,306 878 1,397 Oil Country Goods 9,958 12,376 17,690 15,462 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 8,024 4,753 19,686 12,674 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 118 432 20 133 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,276 13,379 9,550 13,619 Pressure Tubing 4,027 8,196 6,189 13,355 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 428 872 249 844 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,772 1,298 3,312 2,402 Pipe For Piling 4 7 93 49 Wire Drawn 8,928 8,373 9,300 9,011 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,372 2,625 3,863 1,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,545 1,522 4,582 2,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,404 13,160 29,131 15,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,888 1,869 2,413 2,340 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,817 2,837 2,999 2,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 42 63 418 229 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,692 2,552 1,342 3,099 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,364,308 838,074 1,491,199 868,408 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,383 4,272 6,166 4,178 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 335,495 94,764 351,603 67,972 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,522 13,674 44,100 15,611 Plates Cut Lengths 82,201 46,993 111,551 59,490 Plates In Coils 26,022 11,143 38,374 13,138 Rails Standard 2,692 1,499 2,061 1,373 Bars - Hot Rolled 245,650 120,748 280,211 135,509 Bars - Light Shaped 8,053 3,595 10,681 4,382 Bars - Cold Finished 22,950 18,928 20,111 24,984 Tool Steel 70,596 90,367 51,969 69,476 Standard Pipe 4,280 6,582 4,552 8,611 Oil Country Goods 81,198 96,459 58,970 71,287 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 34,789 22,380 68,950 43,417 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13,595 10,136 838 4,108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 37,124 43,827 42,831 60,092 Pressure Tubing 9,886 17,888 24,038 49,813 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,078 4,027 1,371 4,227 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,993 8,624 10,459 8,053 Pipe For Piling 919 639 205 113 Wire Drawn 41,715 41,508 39,069 38,722 Sheets Hot Rolled 42,716 21,250 32,561 15,518 Sheets Cold Rolled 54,814 32,743 65,191 29,701 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 137,843 71,896 162,076 85,332 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,557 12,384 16,573 13,123 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,015 21,816 33,453 21,471 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,038 1,623 4,418 2,388 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,182 18,306 8,820 16,320 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 May 2003