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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 240,994 159,712 330,137 187,946 Ingots And Steel For Castings 301 240 5,370 1,990 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,439 6,605 124,296 37,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,893 9,100 4,474 2,348 Plates Cut Lengths 15,324 9,079 20,643 11,816 Plates In Coils 5,982 2,454 6,359 2,723 Rails Standard 214 148 1,613 1,103 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,003 23,592 50,278 25,159 Bars - Light Shaped 1,061 517 1,498 751 Bars - Cold Finished 6,248 4,639 2,966 2,688 Tool Steel 13,909 18,976 15,604 21,887 Standard Pipe 629 897 531 785 Oil Country Goods 15,682 17,661 19,350 19,580 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 9,479 4,969 4,314 2,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,462 7,908 1,071 1,005 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,586 8,296 9,299 10,318 Pressure Tubing 1,773 2,569 1,649 2,726 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 878 619 1,435 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,143 1,144 947 1,603 Pipe For Piling 156 87 308 172 Wire Drawn 6,971 7,450 7,513 7,426 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,966 5,005 7,733 3,647 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,870 5,679 9,843 7,382 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,709 8,940 22,092 11,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,876 2,088 2,021 1,455 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,400 7,360 7,381 4,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 343 161 562 282 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,305 3,269 1,804 3,471 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,902 171,821 308,177 172,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 786 726 321 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,555 21,474 92,903 19,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,520 1,217 2,577 1,100 Plates Cut Lengths 17,215 8,841 14,969 7,564 Plates In Coils 12,999 4,931 9,573 3,522 Rails Standard 560 304 192 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,988 23,172 50,875 24,589 Bars - Light Shaped 1,751 777 1,445 702 Bars - Cold Finished 2,181 2,657 2,784 3,316 Tool Steel 11,090 14,077 11,556 16,739 Standard Pipe 770 1,190 1,121 1,906 Oil Country Goods 9,798 12,059 12,852 13,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,673 12,512 14,563 8,825 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8 53 17 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,082 10,591 9,188 11,687 Pressure Tubing 3,376 6,973 4,668 8,836 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,142 659 1,504 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,318 1,966 1,908 1,817 Pipe For Piling 0 0 0 0 Wire Drawn 10,143 9,087 9,728 9,128 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,991 4,778 12,551 5,049 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,540 8,194 9,737 5,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,429 16,502 34,098 17,781 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,816 2,037 3,100 2,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,610 2,494 4,282 2,999 Strip - Hot Rolled 113 66 711 382 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,168 4,000 1,797 3,829 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,215,224 1,348,068 2,429,804 1,373,876 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,777 6,903 8,284 5,899 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 568,183 166,108 645,879 128,030 Structural Shapes Heavy 75,620 26,934 56,060 19,637 Plates Cut Lengths 139,272 79,164 163,095 83,910 Plates In Coils 43,554 18,183 72,627 25,853 Rails Standard 5,857 3,540 3,013 1,981 Bars - Hot Rolled 386,267 191,677 444,077 212,927 Bars - Light Shaped 12,363 5,618 15,249 6,561 Bars - Cold Finished 39,391 32,130 27,503 34,047 Tool Steel 114,189 150,402 85,382 114,543 Standard Pipe 7,003 9,772 8,039 14,728 Oil Country Goods 135,534 152,495 89,591 107,192 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 48,834 29,539 108,923 70,309 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 24,819 20,263 891 4,420 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 60,947 69,917 68,075 94,100 Pressure Tubing 14,342 24,630 36,610 76,110 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,183 7,173 2,815 7,651 Structural Pipe & Tube 13,324 13,375 16,843 13,637 Pipe For Piling 1,426 924 378 193 Wire Drawn 62,953 63,366 67,885 65,084 Sheets Hot Rolled 68,973 33,859 66,740 29,453 Sheets Cold Rolled 82,728 51,310 97,287 45,622 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 201,882 104,264 256,781 134,283 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,657 17,714 24,370 19,136 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 51,848 38,768 43,396 28,620 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,311 2,273 5,547 2,965 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,987 27,768 14,464 26,985 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 August 2003