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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,785 162,337 282,577 174,133 Ingots And Steel For Castings 723 401 1,102 565 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 88,951 26,745 64,115 20,020 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,732 1,812 26,732 7,158 Plates Cut Lengths 21,104 11,277 14,156 8,673 Plates In Coils 5,191 1,864 6,175 2,742 Rails Standard 1,338 790 224 149 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,336 22,177 44,634 22,197 Bars - Light Shaped 1,750 756 1,121 521 Bars - Cold Finished 7,228 5,876 4,709 3,994 Tool Steel 14,080 19,172 14,038 18,707 Standard Pipe 1,563 1,508 653 1,076 Oil Country Goods 19,303 18,794 18,693 24,997 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 252 168 14,528 8,324 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,691 1,214 4,240 2,893 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,937 7,477 7,311 8,338 Pressure Tubing 1,034 1,447 2,634 4,432 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 217 832 172 577 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,241 2,004 1,710 1,622 Pipe For Piling 42 25 408 263 Wire Drawn 6,753 6,982 7,629 7,436 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,557 3,957 10,433 4,959 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,200 5,506 4,985 3,923 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,238 12,166 22,141 11,296 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,203 1,787 2,714 2,535 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,053 4,673 5,423 3,714 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 206 266 172 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,696 2,721 1,634 2,848 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,526 160,868 234,636 143,296 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,012 635 627 535 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,818 18,824 46,815 9,047 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,863 1,710 10,411 4,023 Plates Cut Lengths 19,360 8,015 13,937 7,041 Plates In Coils 11,680 4,261 12,645 4,139 Rails Standard 199 165 731 448 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,004 29,657 49,090 22,952 Bars - Light Shaped 1,372 700 2,319 954 Bars - Cold Finished 2,428 3,089 2,648 3,935 Tool Steel 10,767 14,252 10,999 13,601 Standard Pipe 1,596 3,021 1,119 2,306 Oil Country Goods 7,972 10,088 9,958 12,376 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 9,737 5,555 8,024 4,753 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27 152 118 432 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,974 11,731 9,276 13,379 Pressure Tubing 4,527 10,488 4,027 8,196 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 364 779 428 872 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,157 1,801 1,772 1,298 Pipe For Piling 173 80 4 7 Wire Drawn 8,945 8,146 8,928 8,373 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,638 4,108 6,372 2,625 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,819 2,641 2,545 1,522 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,177 14,667 24,404 13,160 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,881 1,683 1,888 1,869 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,050 1,656 3,817 2,837 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 129 42 63 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,679 2,836 1,692 2,552 ______________________________________________________________ June Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,644,093 1,000,411 1,799,725 1,029,276 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,106 4,673 7,177 4,813 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 424,447 121,509 451,421 86,795 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,254 15,486 49,963 17,321 Plates Cut Lengths 103,305 58,270 130,911 67,505 Plates In Coils 31,213 13,006 50,054 17,400 Rails Standard 4,030 2,289 2,261 1,538 Bars - Hot Rolled 287,986 142,925 344,214 165,166 Bars - Light Shaped 9,803 4,351 12,053 5,082 Bars - Cold Finished 30,178 24,803 22,539 28,074 Tool Steel 84,677 109,539 62,737 83,727 Standard Pipe 5,843 8,090 6,148 11,632 Oil Country Goods 100,501 115,253 66,942 81,375 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,041 22,549 78,687 48,972 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,286 11,350 865 4,259 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 44,062 51,304 50,805 71,823 Pressure Tubing 10,920 19,335 28,565 60,301 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,294 4,859 1,735 5,006 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,235 10,628 12,617 9,854 Pipe For Piling 962 665 378 193 Wire Drawn 48,468 48,490 48,014 46,868 Sheets Hot Rolled 51,273 25,207 42,199 19,625 Sheets Cold Rolled 64,014 38,250 70,010 32,341 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,081 84,063 190,254 100,000 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,760 14,171 18,454 14,806 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,067 26,489 35,504 23,127 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,407 1,829 4,722 2,517 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,878 21,028 10,499 19,156 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 June 2003