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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 249,360 169,462 246,851 147,090 Ingots And Steel For Castings 399 320 486 330 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,281 8,849 52,229 14,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,229 6,022 2,839 1,321 Plates Cut Lengths 16,948 9,776 16,832 9,271 Plates In Coils 7,597 2,917 6,742 2,692 Rails Standard 260 209 865 516 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,232 30,108 62,860 26,676 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 656 1,591 696 Bars - Cold Finished 2,933 3,092 2,969 2,850 Tool Steel 13,301 18,103 9,435 14,282 Standard Pipe 523 694 901 1,022 Oil Country Goods 31,120 24,935 17,295 16,076 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,096 2,615 1,111 764 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 327 197 5,784 3,967 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,969 11,141 8,667 10,089 Pressure Tubing 2,250 4,416 1,621 2,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,123 350 1,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,399 2,588 963 1,558 Pipe For Piling 0 0 588 327 Wire Drawn 9,148 8,409 6,305 6,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,574 4,787 12,780 6,058 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,574 6,149 6,614 5,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,887 10,016 19,113 10,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,938 1,867 2,727 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,287 5,512 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 645 304 378 225 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 4,656 2,342 3,634 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,724 186,814 274,176 171,403 Ingots And Steel For Castings 561 613 457 346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 98,998 27,113 46,789 13,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,388 2,244 3,841 1,633 Plates Cut Lengths 16,161 8,152 17,245 8,966 Plates In Coils 12,240 5,203 6,407 2,496 Rails Standard 49 24 325 177 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,900 29,654 54,734 25,723 Bars - Light Shaped 2,102 648 2,193 914 Bars - Cold Finished 3,770 3,670 4,178 4,007 Tool Steel 14,142 18,117 12,848 15,126 Standard Pipe 1,186 1,246 1,701 2,348 Oil Country Goods 14,186 16,566 9,356 13,160 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,674 11,500 17,971 14,364 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9 30 155 820 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,752 9,426 8,847 10,661 Pressure Tubing 2,752 4,825 3,434 6,004 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 590 1,814 538 1,457 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,928 2,679 3,315 2,499 Pipe For Piling 55 29 31 17 Wire Drawn 9,048 8,553 8,048 7,737 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,385 4,134 8,506 3,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,131 7,036 11,639 6,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,163 13,867 36,413 17,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,210 3,580 6,762 4,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 5,670 4,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 732 344 742 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,891 3,660 2,032 2,812 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,711,435 1,664,619 3,034,705 1,732,093 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,662 7,553 9,302 6,858 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 638,692 189,359 791,667 168,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 93,689 34,278 66,289 23,515 Plates Cut Lengths 173,052 98,211 196,502 101,028 Plates In Coils 57,893 23,791 91,273 33,551 Rails Standard 6,982 4,265 3,387 2,183 Bars - Hot Rolled 512,359 248,461 558,712 268,304 Bars - Light Shaped 15,075 6,970 19,545 8,123 Bars - Cold Finished 45,293 38,072 35,452 41,724 Tool Steel 136,925 182,787 112,372 147,786 Standard Pipe 8,427 11,488 10,926 18,322 Oil Country Goods 183,948 193,506 113,134 136,918 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 55,041 32,918 141,567 96,173 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30,930 24,427 1,054 5,270 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 79,584 91,146 84,673 114,187 Pressure Tubing 18,213 31,889 42,796 86,939 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,873 9,680 3,944 10,922 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,686 17,522 23,087 18,815 Pipe For Piling 2,014 1,251 464 240 Wire Drawn 78,405 78,280 84,980 81,374 Sheets Hot Rolled 92,327 44,704 84,632 37,315 Sheets Cold Rolled 98,916 62,535 123,057 58,675 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 239,882 124,406 321,358 165,955 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 26,322 21,996 36,343 27,151 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 60,599 46,264 52,785 35,075 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,334 2,802 7,020 3,845 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,312 36,058 18,386 33,458 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