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 July 2003 June 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,499 185,606 278,361 161,108 Ingots And Steel For Castings 518 346 737 661 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 124,275 37,972 88,951 26,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,474 2,348 3,732 1,812 Plates Cut Lengths 20,620 11,767 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 50,227 25,115 42,249 22,134 Bars - Light Shaped 1,498 751 1,750 756 Bars - Cold Finished 2,892 2,638 7,209 5,865 Tool Steel 15,588 21,830 14,066 19,114 Standard Pipe 531 785 1,563 1,508 Oil Country Goods 19,180 19,452 18,426 17,643 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 9,217 10,271 6,895 7,417 Pressure Tubing 1,629 2,657 1,035 1,501 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 619 1,435 208 832 Structural Pipe & Tube 938 1,592 2,241 2,004 Pipe For Piling 308 172 42 25 Wire Drawn 7,510 7,423 6,753 6,982 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,733 3,647 8,557 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,836 7,374 9,200 5,506 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,890 11,142 24,219 12,152 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,021 1,455 2,203 1,787 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,350 4,898 6,683 4,466 Strip - Hot Rolled 562 282 370 206 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,729 3,404 1,696 2,721 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,785 162,337 Ingots And Steel For Castings 723 401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 88,951 26,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,732 1,812 Plates Cut Lengths 21,104 11,277 Plates In Coils 5,191 1,864 Rails Standard 1,338 790 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,336 22,177 Bars - Light Shaped 1,750 756 Bars - Cold Finished 7,228 5,876 Tool Steel 14,080 19,172 Standard Pipe 1,563 1,508 Oil Country Goods 19,303 18,794 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 252 168 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,691 1,214 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,937 7,477 Pressure Tubing 1,034 1,447 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 217 832 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,241 2,004 Pipe For Piling 42 25 Wire Drawn 6,753 6,982 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,557 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,200 5,506 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,238 12,166 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,203 1,787 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,053 4,673 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 206 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,696 2,721 ______________________________________________________________ July 2002 June 2002 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 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 July 2003 (CB-03-129)