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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,435 175,189 249,360 169,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 194 399 320 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 75,869 22,588 18,281 8,849 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,764 2,046 15,229 6,022 Plates Cut Lengths 17,598 10,020 16,948 9,776 Plates In Coils 9,194 3,995 7,597 2,917 Rails Standard 245 144 260 209 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,864 25,340 63,232 30,108 Bars - Light Shaped 1,306 518 1,121 656 Bars - Cold Finished 3,574 3,274 2,933 3,092 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 13,301 18,103 Standard Pipe 350 470 523 694 Oil Country Goods 28,173 30,350 31,120 24,935 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 3,503 2,707 5,096 2,615 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,516 4,007 327 197 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,585 7,841 9,969 11,141 Pressure Tubing 2,309 3,572 2,250 4,416 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 355 1,236 340 1,123 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,126 1,869 1,399 2,588 Pipe For Piling 77 38 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,065 7,878 9,148 8,409 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,765 4,728 10,574 4,787 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,976 5,643 9,574 6,149 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,143 6,914 18,887 10,016 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,478 1,210 1,938 1,867 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 6,287 5,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 308 110 645 304 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,267 3,517 1,983 4,656 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 312,864 179,583 330,724 186,814 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,702 884 561 613 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 87,683 23,962 98,998 27,113 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,081 3,818 6,388 2,244 Plates Cut Lengths 17,621 9,507 16,161 8,152 Plates In Coils 13,510 5,600 12,240 5,203 Rails Standard 30 19 49 24 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,861 21,584 59,900 29,654 Bars - Light Shaped 1,524 527 2,102 648 Bars - Cold Finished 3,906 3,723 3,770 3,670 Tool Steel 13,905 16,791 14,142 18,117 Standard Pipe 746 1,109 1,186 1,246 Oil Country Goods 15,059 20,932 14,186 16,566 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,924 9,521 14,674 11,500 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 612 495 9 30 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,000 9,793 7,752 9,426 Pressure Tubing 3,418 5,906 2,752 4,825 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 506 1,283 590 1,814 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,189 2,732 2,928 2,679 Pipe For Piling 58 38 55 29 Wire Drawn 9,124 8,543 9,048 8,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,154 5,030 9,385 4,134 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,674 4,920 14,131 7,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,822 14,195 28,163 13,867 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,184 2,943 5,210 3,580 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,361 2,306 3,719 2,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 197 120 732 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,011 3,301 1,891 3,660 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,995,870 1,839,808 3,347,569 1,911,676 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,996 7,748 11,004 7,742 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 714,562 211,948 879,350 192,349 Structural Shapes Heavy 99,453 36,324 74,370 27,333 Plates Cut Lengths 190,651 108,231 214,123 110,535 Plates In Coils 67,087 27,786 104,783 39,151 Rails Standard 7,227 4,409 3,417 2,202 Bars - Hot Rolled 568,223 273,800 610,573 289,888 Bars - Light Shaped 16,380 7,488 21,068 8,650 Bars - Cold Finished 48,867 41,345 39,358 45,447 Tool Steel 148,860 199,519 126,277 164,577 Standard Pipe 8,777 11,958 11,671 19,432 Oil Country Goods 212,121 223,856 128,193 157,851 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 58,544 35,625 155,491 105,694 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,446 28,433 1,666 5,765 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 87,168 98,987 92,673 123,980 Pressure Tubing 20,522 35,461 46,213 92,845 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,228 10,916 4,450 12,205 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,812 19,391 26,276 21,547 Pipe For Piling 2,091 1,289 523 278 Wire Drawn 86,470 86,157 94,104 89,917 Sheets Hot Rolled 102,091 49,432 95,786 42,345 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,892 68,179 131,731 63,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,025 131,320 350,179 180,150 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,800 23,206 40,527 30,094 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,357 54,513 56,146 37,380 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,642 2,911 7,217 3,966 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,579 39,575 20,398 36,759 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 November 2003