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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,137 187,946 279,785 162,337 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,370 1,990 723 401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 124,296 37,994 88,951 26,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,474 2,348 3,732 1,812 Plates Cut Lengths 20,643 11,816 21,104 11,277 Plates In Coils 6,359 2,723 5,191 1,864 Rails Standard 1,613 1,103 1,338 790 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,278 25,159 42,336 22,177 Bars - Light Shaped 1,498 751 1,750 756 Bars - Cold Finished 2,966 2,688 7,228 5,876 Tool Steel 15,604 21,887 14,080 19,172 Standard Pipe 531 785 1,563 1,508 Oil Country Goods 19,350 19,580 19,303 18,794 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,314 2,021 252 168 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,071 1,005 1,691 1,214 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,299 10,318 6,937 7,477 Pressure Tubing 1,649 2,726 1,034 1,447 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 619 1,435 217 832 Structural Pipe & Tube 947 1,603 2,241 2,004 Pipe For Piling 308 172 42 25 Wire Drawn 7,513 7,426 6,753 6,982 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,733 3,647 8,557 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,843 7,382 9,200 5,506 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,092 11,262 24,238 12,166 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,021 1,455 2,203 1,787 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,381 4,920 7,053 4,673 Strip - Hot Rolled 562 282 370 206 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,804 3,471 1,696 2,721 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,177 172,779 308,526 160,868 Ingots And Steel For Castings 321 360 1,012 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 92,903 19,760 99,818 18,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,577 1,100 5,863 1,710 Plates Cut Lengths 14,969 7,564 19,360 8,015 Plates In Coils 9,573 3,522 11,680 4,261 Rails Standard 192 139 199 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,875 24,589 64,004 29,657 Bars - Light Shaped 1,445 702 1,372 700 Bars - Cold Finished 2,784 3,316 2,428 3,089 Tool Steel 11,556 16,739 10,767 14,252 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,906 1,596 3,021 Oil Country Goods 12,852 13,758 7,972 10,088 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,563 8,825 9,737 5,555 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17 108 27 152 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,188 11,687 7,974 11,731 Pressure Tubing 4,668 8,836 4,527 10,488 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 659 1,504 364 779 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,908 1,817 2,157 1,801 Pipe For Piling 0 0 173 80 Wire Drawn 9,728 9,128 8,945 8,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,551 5,049 9,638 4,108 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,737 5,086 4,819 2,641 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,098 17,781 28,177 14,667 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,100 2,294 1,881 1,683 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,282 2,999 2,050 1,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 711 382 304 129 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,797 3,829 1,679 2,836 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,974,230 1,188,356 2,107,902 1,202,055 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,476 6,663 7,498 5,173 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 548,743 159,503 544,324 106,556 Structural Shapes Heavy 48,728 17,835 52,540 18,421 Plates Cut Lengths 123,948 70,085 145,880 75,069 Plates In Coils 37,572 15,729 59,627 20,922 Rails Standard 5,643 3,392 2,453 1,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 338,264 168,084 395,090 189,755 Bars - Light Shaped 11,301 5,101 13,499 5,784 Bars - Cold Finished 33,143 27,491 25,322 31,390 Tool Steel 100,280 131,426 74,292 100,466 Standard Pipe 6,375 8,875 7,269 13,538 Oil Country Goods 119,851 134,833 79,794 95,133 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,355 24,570 93,250 57,797 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16,357 12,355 882 4,367 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 53,361 61,621 59,993 83,509 Pressure Tubing 12,569 22,061 33,233 69,137 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,913 6,294 2,394 6,509 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,182 12,231 14,525 11,671 Pipe For Piling 1,270 837 378 193 Wire Drawn 55,981 55,916 57,742 55,996 Sheets Hot Rolled 59,006 28,854 54,750 24,675 Sheets Cold Rolled 73,857 45,631 79,747 37,427 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,173 95,324 224,352 117,781 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,781 15,626 21,554 17,099 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,448 31,409 39,786 26,126 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,969 2,111 5,433 2,898 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,682 24,499 12,295 22,985 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 July 2003