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 August 2003 July 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 214,546 140,673 324,499 185,606 Ingots And Steel For Castings 301 243 518 346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,383 4,763 124,275 37,972 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,833 9,073 4,474 2,348 Plates Cut Lengths 14,845 8,705 20,620 11,767 Plates In Coils 5,962 2,446 6,359 2,723 Rails Standard 210 139 1,613 1,103 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,570 22,060 50,227 25,115 Bars - Light Shaped 946 476 1,498 751 Bars - Cold Finished 6,181 4,559 2,892 2,638 Tool Steel 13,543 18,415 15,588 21,830 Standard Pipe 444 899 531 785 Oil Country Goods 9,887 11,890 19,180 19,452 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 9,459 4,927 4,314 2,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 500 375 1,071 1,005 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,412 8,045 9,217 10,271 Pressure Tubing 1,752 2,501 1,629 2,657 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 258 878 619 1,435 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,143 1,144 938 1,592 Pipe For Piling 37 43 308 172 Wire Drawn 6,634 7,187 7,510 7,423 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,653 4,922 7,733 3,647 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,548 5,554 9,836 7,374 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,448 8,801 21,890 11,142 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,815 2,023 2,021 1,455 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,203 7,257 7,350 4,898 Strip - Hot Rolled 320 135 562 282 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,256 3,213 1,729 3,404 ______________________________________________________________ July 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,137 187,946 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,370 1,990 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 124,296 37,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,474 2,348 Plates Cut Lengths 20,643 11,816 Plates In Coils 6,359 2,723 Rails Standard 1,613 1,103 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,278 25,159 Bars - Light Shaped 1,498 751 Bars - Cold Finished 2,966 2,688 Tool Steel 15,604 21,887 Standard Pipe 531 785 Oil Country Goods 19,350 19,580 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,314 2,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,071 1,005 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,299 10,318 Pressure Tubing 1,649 2,726 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 619 1,435 Structural Pipe & Tube 947 1,603 Pipe For Piling 308 172 Wire Drawn 7,513 7,426 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,733 3,647 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,843 7,382 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,092 11,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,021 1,455 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,381 4,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 562 282 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,804 3,471 ______________________________________________________________ August 2002 July 2002 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 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 August 2003 (CB-03-148)