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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 246,851 147,090 240,994 159,712 Ingots And Steel For Castings 486 330 301 240 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,229 14,403 19,439 6,605 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,839 1,321 26,893 9,100 Plates Cut Lengths 16,832 9,271 15,324 9,079 Plates In Coils 6,742 2,692 5,982 2,454 Rails Standard 865 516 214 148 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,860 26,676 48,003 23,592 Bars - Light Shaped 1,591 696 1,061 517 Bars - Cold Finished 2,969 2,850 6,248 4,639 Tool Steel 9,435 14,282 13,909 18,976 Standard Pipe 901 1,022 629 897 Oil Country Goods 17,295 16,076 15,682 17,661 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,111 764 9,479 4,969 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,784 3,967 8,462 7,908 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,667 10,089 7,586 8,296 Pressure Tubing 1,621 2,843 1,773 2,569 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 350 1,384 270 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 963 1,558 1,143 1,144 Pipe For Piling 588 327 156 87 Wire Drawn 6,305 6,504 6,971 7,450 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,780 6,058 9,966 5,005 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,614 5,076 8,870 5,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,113 10,126 17,709 8,940 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,727 2,415 2,876 2,088 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 9,400 7,360 Strip - Hot Rolled 378 225 343 161 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 3,634 2,305 3,269 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 274,176 171,403 321,902 171,821 Ingots And Steel For Castings 457 346 786 726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,789 13,244 101,555 21,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,841 1,633 3,520 1,217 Plates Cut Lengths 17,245 8,966 17,215 8,841 Plates In Coils 6,407 2,496 12,999 4,931 Rails Standard 325 177 560 304 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,734 25,723 48,988 23,172 Bars - Light Shaped 2,193 914 1,751 777 Bars - Cold Finished 4,178 4,007 2,181 2,657 Tool Steel 12,848 15,126 11,090 14,077 Standard Pipe 1,701 2,348 770 1,190 Oil Country Goods 9,356 13,160 9,798 12,059 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,971 14,364 15,673 12,512 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 155 820 8 53 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,847 10,661 8,082 10,591 Pressure Tubing 3,434 6,004 3,376 6,973 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 538 1,457 421 1,142 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,315 2,499 2,318 1,966 Pipe For Piling 31 17 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,048 7,737 10,143 9,087 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,506 3,728 11,991 4,778 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,639 6,017 17,540 8,194 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,413 17,805 32,429 16,502 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,762 4,435 2,816 2,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,670 4,372 3,610 2,494 Strip - Hot Rolled 742 536 113 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,032 2,812 2,168 4,000 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,462,075 1,495,158 2,703,980 1,545,279 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,263 7,233 8,741 6,245 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 620,411 180,510 692,668 141,274 Structural Shapes Heavy 78,460 28,255 59,901 21,271 Plates Cut Lengths 156,104 88,435 180,341 92,876 Plates In Coils 50,296 20,875 79,034 28,348 Rails Standard 6,722 4,056 3,338 2,158 Bars - Hot Rolled 449,127 218,352 498,811 238,650 Bars - Light Shaped 13,954 6,314 17,442 7,475 Bars - Cold Finished 42,360 34,980 31,681 38,053 Tool Steel 123,624 164,684 98,230 129,669 Standard Pipe 7,904 10,795 9,739 17,076 Oil Country Goods 152,828 168,571 98,947 120,352 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 49,945 30,303 126,893 84,673 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30,603 24,229 1,046 5,240 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 69,614 80,006 76,921 104,761 Pressure Tubing 15,963 27,473 40,043 82,114 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,533 8,557 3,354 9,109 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,287 14,934 20,158 16,136 Pipe For Piling 2,014 1,251 409 210 Wire Drawn 69,258 69,870 75,932 72,821 Sheets Hot Rolled 81,753 39,917 75,246 33,181 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,342 56,386 108,925 51,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 220,994 114,390 293,195 152,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,384 20,129 31,132 23,571 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,312 40,753 49,066 32,991 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,689 2,497 6,288 3,501 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,329 31,402 16,496 29,797 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 September 2003