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 January 2004 December 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,015 171,749 217,752 139,820 Ingots And Steel For Castings 489 272 386 199 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,998 21,380 21,605 7,806 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,647 1,973 8,627 3,741 Plates Cut Lengths 21,253 11,895 15,028 8,969 Plates In Coils 4,946 2,045 9,188 3,910 Rails Standard 382 350 0 0 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,391 28,007 60,767 28,571 Bars - Light Shaped 1,415 613 790 553 Bars - Cold Finished 3,397 4,023 4,004 4,049 Tool Steel 10,978 15,661 13,128 19,653 Standard Pipe 655 793 1,042 1,131 Oil Country Goods 22,004 23,139 11,691 8,332 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,505 7,337 11 5 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,011 1,774 427 641 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,343 7,260 7,509 8,162 Pressure Tubing 2,013 3,456 1,338 2,356 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 199 1,141 205 841 Structural Pipe & Tube 894 1,689 1,116 1,941 Pipe For Piling 81 43 17 8 Wire Drawn 8,554 8,315 7,494 7,881 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,062 6,006 17,900 8,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,164 6,137 9,158 5,274 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,236 8,716 17,982 8,675 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,100 1,890 2,383 2,154 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 2,606 2,203 Strip - Hot Rolled 469 264 208 99 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,937 3,630 3,143 4,587 ______________________________________________________________ December 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 222,480 143,941 Ingots And Steel For Castings 386 199 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,668 8,143 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,701 3,767 Plates Cut Lengths 15,049 8,976 Plates In Coils 9,188 3,910 Rails Standard 0 0 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,559 29,057 Bars - Light Shaped 781 353 Bars - Cold Finished 4,004 4,049 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 Standard Pipe 1,042 1,131 Oil Country Goods 14,559 10,533 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11 5 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 427 641 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,696 8,619 Pressure Tubing 1,349 2,382 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 209 852 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,116 1,941 Pipe For Piling 17 8 Wire Drawn 7,514 7,910 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,900 8,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,158 5,274 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,017 8,697 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,383 2,154 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 99 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 4,587 ______________________________________________________________ January 2003 December 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,186 165,322 290,187 175,480 Ingots And Steel For Castings 974 621 187 139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,657 22,001 70,645 18,647 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,603 909 10,748 3,189 Plates Cut Lengths 14,495 8,235 13,952 7,813 Plates In Coils 5,642 2,526 8,176 3,565 Rails Standard 517 306 54 23 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,363 27,170 52,377 28,801 Bars - Light Shaped 2,634 1,193 1,024 481 Bars - Cold Finished 3,573 3,191 3,898 3,692 Tool Steel 12,408 16,299 14,822 19,077 Standard Pipe 632 1,154 191 384 Oil Country Goods 11,284 15,163 8,748 9,835 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 6,141 4,622 23,618 18,058 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,759 1,375 680 542 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,871 8,211 6,836 8,545 Pressure Tubing 1,815 3,184 2,555 4,369 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 355 1,257 323 880 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,728 2,409 2,149 1,634 Pipe For Piling 21 12 21 11 Wire Drawn 8,075 8,079 9,400 8,993 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,303 4,610 6,555 3,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,801 6,684 10,307 5,536 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,774 14,928 29,126 14,800 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,661 2,988 3,207 2,667 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,982 4,198 8,157 6,629 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,059 554 509 306 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,059 3,441 1,920 3,788 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 January 2004 (CB-04-28)