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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 222,480 143,941 284,435 175,189 Ingots And Steel For Castings 386 199 334 194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,668 8,143 75,869 22,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,701 3,767 5,764 2,046 Plates Cut Lengths 15,049 8,976 17,598 10,020 Plates In Coils 9,188 3,910 9,194 3,995 Rails Standard 0 0 245 144 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,559 29,057 55,864 25,340 Bars - Light Shaped 781 353 1,306 518 Bars - Cold Finished 4,004 4,049 3,574 3,274 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 1,042 1,131 350 470 Oil Country Goods 14,559 10,533 28,173 30,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11 5 3,503 2,707 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 427 641 4,516 4,007 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,696 8,619 7,585 7,841 Pressure Tubing 1,349 2,382 2,309 3,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 209 852 355 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,116 1,941 1,126 1,869 Pipe For Piling 17 8 77 38 Wire Drawn 7,514 7,910 8,065 7,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,900 8,077 9,765 4,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,158 5,274 9,976 5,643 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,017 8,697 13,143 6,914 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,383 2,154 1,478 1,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 99 308 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 4,587 2,267 3,517 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 290,187 175,480 312,864 179,583 Ingots And Steel For Castings 187 139 1,702 884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,645 18,647 87,683 23,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,748 3,189 8,081 3,818 Plates Cut Lengths 13,952 7,813 17,621 9,507 Plates In Coils 8,176 3,565 13,510 5,600 Rails Standard 54 23 30 19 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,377 28,801 51,861 21,584 Bars - Light Shaped 1,024 481 1,524 527 Bars - Cold Finished 3,898 3,692 3,906 3,723 Tool Steel 14,822 19,077 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 191 384 746 1,109 Oil Country Goods 8,748 9,835 15,059 20,932 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,618 18,058 13,924 9,521 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 680 542 612 495 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,836 8,545 8,000 9,793 Pressure Tubing 2,555 4,369 3,418 5,906 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 323 880 506 1,283 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,149 1,634 3,189 2,732 Pipe For Piling 21 11 58 38 Wire Drawn 9,400 8,993 9,124 8,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,555 3,077 11,154 5,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,307 5,536 8,674 4,920 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,126 14,800 28,822 14,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,207 2,667 4,184 2,943 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,157 6,629 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 509 306 197 120 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,920 3,788 2,011 3,301 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,218,350 1,983,750 3,637,756 2,087,156 Ingots And Steel For Castings 14,382 7,947 11,191 7,880 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 736,230 220,091 949,995 210,996 Structural Shapes Heavy 108,154 40,091 85,118 30,522 Plates Cut Lengths 205,700 117,207 228,075 118,347 Plates In Coils 76,275 31,696 112,959 42,716 Rails Standard 7,227 4,409 3,470 2,225 Bars - Hot Rolled 629,782 302,858 662,950 318,689 Bars - Light Shaped 17,162 7,840 22,092 9,131 Bars - Cold Finished 52,870 45,395 43,256 49,139 Tool Steel 162,605 219,862 141,100 183,654 Standard Pipe 9,819 13,089 11,863 19,816 Oil Country Goods 226,680 234,389 136,941 167,686 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 58,554 35,630 179,109 123,752 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 35,873 29,075 2,346 6,307 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 94,864 107,606 99,510 132,525 Pressure Tubing 21,870 37,843 48,769 97,214 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,437 11,768 4,773 13,085 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,928 21,333 28,425 23,181 Pipe For Piling 2,108 1,297 544 289 Wire Drawn 93,984 94,067 103,504 98,910 Sheets Hot Rolled 119,991 57,509 102,341 45,422 Sheets Cold Rolled 118,050 73,453 142,037 69,130 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 271,042 140,017 379,305 194,950 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 30,183 25,360 43,734 32,761 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,008 56,745 64,304 44,010 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,850 3,010 7,727 4,272 Strip - Cold Rolled 24,721 44,162 22,317 40,548 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 December 2003