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 November 2003 October 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,193 170,269 234,320 157,833 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 194 354 287 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 75,869 22,588 15,950 5,659 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,764 2,046 15,229 6,022 Plates Cut Lengths 17,577 10,004 16,886 9,739 Plates In Coils 9,194 3,995 7,571 2,900 Rails Standard 178 105 260 209 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,987 24,579 60,455 28,708 Bars - Light Shaped 1,110 443 1,014 615 Bars - Cold Finished 3,574 3,272 2,490 2,486 Tool Steel 11,358 16,010 12,760 17,208 Standard Pipe 350 470 509 672 Oil Country Goods 26,276 27,437 25,945 21,882 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 7,568 7,742 9,764 10,552 Pressure Tubing 2,308 3,557 2,250 4,416 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,204 291 981 Structural Pipe & Tube 948 1,869 1,010 2,534 Pipe For Piling 77 38 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,063 7,862 9,043 8,278 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,765 4,728 10,512 4,747 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,875 5,598 8,586 5,634 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,143 6,914 17,307 9,212 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,478 1,210 1,938 1,867 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,463 8,063 6,263 5,496 Strip - Hot Rolled 308 110 631 293 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,267 3,517 1,879 4,624 ______________________________________________________________ October 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 249,360 169,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 399 320 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,281 8,849 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,229 6,022 Plates Cut Lengths 16,948 9,776 Plates In Coils 7,597 2,917 Rails Standard 260 209 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,232 30,108 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 656 Bars - Cold Finished 2,933 3,092 Tool Steel 13,301 18,103 Standard Pipe 523 694 Oil Country Goods 31,120 24,935 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,096 2,615 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 327 197 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,969 11,141 Pressure Tubing 2,250 4,416 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,123 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,399 2,588 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,148 8,409 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,574 4,787 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,574 6,149 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,887 10,016 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,938 1,867 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,287 5,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 645 304 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 4,656 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 October 2002 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 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 November 2003 (CB-03-196)