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 June 2003 May 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 278,361 161,108 277,817 170,566 Ingots And Steel For Castings 737 661 1,143 1,163 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 14,136 8,663 Plates In Coils 5,191 1,864 6,175 2,742 Rails Standard 1,338 790 224 149 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,249 22,134 42,251 21,061 Bars - Light Shaped 1,750 756 1,107 505 Bars - Cold Finished 7,209 5,865 4,434 3,779 Tool Steel 14,066 19,114 13,657 18,197 Standard Pipe 1,563 1,508 653 1,074 Oil Country Goods 18,426 17,643 18,091 23,648 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 6,895 7,417 7,023 8,001 Pressure Tubing 1,035 1,501 2,634 4,432 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 208 832 172 577 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,241 2,004 1,710 1,622 Pipe For Piling 42 25 425 279 Wire Drawn 6,753 6,982 7,543 7,369 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,557 3,957 10,433 4,959 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,200 5,506 4,930 3,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,219 12,152 21,730 11,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,203 1,787 2,714 2,535 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,683 4,466 5,185 3,549 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 206 200 86 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,696 2,721 1,634 2,848 ______________________________________________________________ May 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,577 174,133 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,102 565 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,115 20,020 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,732 7,158 Plates Cut Lengths 14,156 8,673 Plates In Coils 6,175 2,742 Rails Standard 224 149 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,634 22,197 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 521 Bars - Cold Finished 4,709 3,994 Tool Steel 14,038 18,707 Standard Pipe 653 1,076 Oil Country Goods 18,693 24,997 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,528 8,324 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,240 2,893 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,311 8,338 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,432 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 172 577 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,710 1,622 Pipe For Piling 408 263 Wire Drawn 7,629 7,436 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,433 4,959 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,985 3,923 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,141 11,296 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,714 2,535 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,423 3,714 Strip - Hot Rolled 266 172 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,634 2,848 ______________________________________________________________ June 2002 May 2002 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 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 June 2003 (CB-03-115)