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 December 2003 November 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 217,752 139,820 279,193 170,269 Ingots And Steel For Castings 386 199 334 194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,605 7,806 75,869 22,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,627 3,741 5,764 2,046 Plates Cut Lengths 15,028 8,969 17,577 10,004 Plates In Coils 9,188 3,910 9,194 3,995 Rails Standard 0 0 178 105 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,767 28,571 53,987 24,579 Bars - Light Shaped 790 553 1,110 443 Bars - Cold Finished 4,004 4,049 3,574 3,272 Tool Steel 13,128 19,653 11,358 16,010 Standard Pipe 1,042 1,131 350 470 Oil Country Goods 11,691 8,332 26,276 27,437 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 7,509 8,162 7,568 7,742 Pressure Tubing 1,338 2,356 2,308 3,557 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 205 841 343 1,204 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,116 1,941 948 1,869 Pipe For Piling 17 8 77 38 Wire Drawn 7,494 7,881 8,063 7,862 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,900 8,077 9,765 4,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,158 5,274 9,875 5,598 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,982 8,675 13,143 6,914 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,383 2,154 1,478 1,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,606 2,203 9,463 8,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 99 308 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 4,587 2,267 3,517 ______________________________________________________________ November 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,435 175,189 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 75,869 22,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,764 2,046 Plates Cut Lengths 17,598 10,020 Plates In Coils 9,194 3,995 Rails Standard 245 144 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,864 25,340 Bars - Light Shaped 1,306 518 Bars - Cold Finished 3,574 3,274 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 350 470 Oil Country Goods 28,173 30,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 3,503 2,707 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,516 4,007 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,585 7,841 Pressure Tubing 2,309 3,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 355 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,126 1,869 Pipe For Piling 77 38 Wire Drawn 8,065 7,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,765 4,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,976 5,643 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,143 6,914 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,478 1,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 308 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,267 3,517 ______________________________________________________________ December 2002 November 2002 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 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 December 2003 (CB-04-11)