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 May 2003 April 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 277,817 170,566 260,516 169,809 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,143 1,163 2,207 1,517 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,115 20,020 43,423 13,041 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,732 7,158 3,571 1,982 Plates Cut Lengths 14,136 8,663 18,317 11,536 Plates In Coils 6,175 2,742 8,774 3,337 Rails Standard 224 149 93 83 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,251 21,061 44,112 22,475 Bars - Light Shaped 1,107 505 1,796 829 Bars - Cold Finished 4,434 3,779 6,407 5,059 Tool Steel 13,657 18,197 14,931 18,983 Standard Pipe 653 1,074 501 1,042 Oil Country Goods 18,091 23,648 18,933 19,658 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 7,023 8,001 6,864 8,416 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,432 1,919 3,440 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 172 577 118 506 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,710 1,622 806 1,356 Pipe For Piling 425 279 64 116 Wire Drawn 7,543 7,369 9,014 9,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,433 4,959 9,561 4,292 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,930 3,896 10,259 6,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,730 11,036 35,463 17,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,714 2,535 2,484 1,732 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,185 3,549 4,375 3,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 200 86 630 299 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,634 2,848 1,813 4,572 ______________________________________________________________ April 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,149 174,286 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,207 1,517 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,427 13,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,571 1,982 Plates Cut Lengths 18,355 11,550 Plates In Coils 8,774 3,337 Rails Standard 93 83 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,670 23,435 Bars - Light Shaped 1,806 833 Bars - Cold Finished 6,411 5,063 Tool Steel 15,113 19,239 Standard Pipe 686 1,141 Oil Country Goods 22,472 21,965 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,442 7,458 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,638 1,922 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,449 9,046 Pressure Tubing 1,965 3,517 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 532 Structural Pipe & Tube 826 1,381 Pipe For Piling 356 200 Wire Drawn 9,124 9,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,561 4,292 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,259 6,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,463 17,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,484 1,732 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,375 3,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 665 345 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,828 4,423 ______________________________________________________________ May 2002 April 2002 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 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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: Preliminary May 2003 (CB-03-101)