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 September 2003 August 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 248,843 146,285 214,546 140,673 Ingots And Steel For Castings 486 330 301 243 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,229 14,403 13,383 4,763 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,839 1,321 26,833 9,073 Plates Cut Lengths 16,803 9,249 14,845 8,705 Plates In Coils 6,742 2,692 5,962 2,446 Rails Standard 865 516 210 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,722 26,921 44,570 22,060 Bars - Light Shaped 1,527 670 946 476 Bars - Cold Finished 2,969 2,850 6,181 4,559 Tool Steel 9,305 14,096 13,543 18,415 Standard Pipe 958 1,022 444 899 Oil Country Goods 20,304 15,948 9,887 11,890 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,111 764 9,459 4,927 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,784 3,967 500 375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,644 9,854 7,412 8,045 Pressure Tubing 1,621 2,843 1,752 2,501 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 350 1,384 258 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 935 1,534 1,143 1,144 Pipe For Piling 32 16 37 43 Wire Drawn 6,248 6,443 6,634 7,187 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,780 6,058 9,653 4,922 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,588 5,060 8,548 5,554 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,095 10,113 17,448 8,801 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,727 2,415 2,815 2,023 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 9,203 7,257 Strip - Hot Rolled 378 225 320 135 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,339 3,607 2,256 3,213 ______________________________________________________________ August 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 240,994 159,712 Ingots And Steel For Castings 301 240 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,439 6,605 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,893 9,100 Plates Cut Lengths 15,324 9,079 Plates In Coils 5,982 2,454 Rails Standard 214 148 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,003 23,592 Bars - Light Shaped 1,061 517 Bars - Cold Finished 6,248 4,639 Tool Steel 13,909 18,976 Standard Pipe 629 897 Oil Country Goods 15,682 17,661 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 9,479 4,969 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,462 7,908 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,586 8,296 Pressure Tubing 1,773 2,569 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,143 1,144 Pipe For Piling 156 87 Wire Drawn 6,971 7,450 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,966 5,005 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,870 5,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,709 8,940 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,876 2,088 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,400 7,360 Strip - Hot Rolled 343 161 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,305 3,269 ______________________________________________________________ September 2002 August 2002 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 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 September 2003 (CB-03-167)