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 October 2003 September 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 234,320 157,833 248,843 146,285 Ingots And Steel For Castings 354 287 486 330 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,950 5,659 52,229 14,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,229 6,022 2,839 1,321 Plates Cut Lengths 16,886 9,739 16,803 9,249 Plates In Coils 7,571 2,900 6,742 2,692 Rails Standard 260 209 865 516 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,455 28,708 62,722 26,921 Bars - Light Shaped 1,014 615 1,527 670 Bars - Cold Finished 2,490 2,486 2,969 2,850 Tool Steel 12,760 17,208 9,305 14,096 Standard Pipe 509 672 958 1,022 Oil Country Goods 25,945 21,882 20,304 15,948 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 9,764 10,552 8,644 9,854 Pressure Tubing 2,250 4,416 1,621 2,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 291 981 350 1,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,010 2,534 935 1,534 Pipe For Piling 0 0 32 16 Wire Drawn 9,043 8,278 6,248 6,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,512 4,747 12,780 6,058 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,586 5,634 6,588 5,060 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,307 9,212 19,095 10,113 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,938 1,867 2,727 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,263 5,496 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 631 293 378 225 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,879 4,624 2,339 3,607 ______________________________________________________________ September 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 246,851 147,090 Ingots And Steel For Castings 486 330 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,229 14,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,839 1,321 Plates Cut Lengths 16,832 9,271 Plates In Coils 6,742 2,692 Rails Standard 865 516 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,860 26,676 Bars - Light Shaped 1,591 696 Bars - Cold Finished 2,969 2,850 Tool Steel 9,435 14,282 Standard Pipe 901 1,022 Oil Country Goods 17,295 16,076 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,111 764 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,784 3,967 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,667 10,089 Pressure Tubing 1,621 2,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 350 1,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 963 1,558 Pipe For Piling 588 327 Wire Drawn 6,305 6,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,780 6,058 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,614 5,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,113 10,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,727 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 378 225 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 3,634 ______________________________________________________________ October 2002 September 2002 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 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 October 2003 (CB-03-183)