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 2004 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 253,542 161,103 284,242 176,761 Ingots And Steel For Castings 993 567 489 272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 58,942 19,571 70,998 21,380 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,570 2,532 3,656 1,977 Plates Cut Lengths 21,613 13,701 21,253 11,895 Plates In Coils 4,692 2,277 4,946 2,045 Rails Standard 1,801 1,043 541 350 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,595 29,810 62,491 29,644 Bars - Light Shaped 2,485 1,351 1,461 656 Bars - Cold Finished 2,626 2,888 3,503 4,502 Tool Steel 10,203 14,545 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,255 866 1,162 Oil Country Goods 10,133 9,432 23,177 24,862 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,426 10,795 11,505 7,337 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 37 1,930 1,774 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,453 6,769 7,064 7,710 Pressure Tubing 1,638 2,738 2,034 3,555 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 1,079 290 1,147 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,112 2,120 894 1,689 Pipe For Piling 65 42 81 43 Wire Drawn 7,744 7,666 8,685 8,424 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,666 3,510 11,070 6,019 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,019 4,583 10,185 6,176 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,030 11,802 16,297 8,748 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,204 2,802 2,100 1,890 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 320 195 469 264 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 4,320 2,347 3,608 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 242,068 143,589 285,186 165,322 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 499 974 621 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 69,616 18,473 80,657 22,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,146 1,925 2,603 909 Plates Cut Lengths 14,732 7,447 14,495 8,235 Plates In Coils 2,530 1,227 5,642 2,526 Rails Standard 122 105 517 306 Bars - Hot Rolled 35,568 17,693 59,363 27,170 Bars - Light Shaped 1,389 562 2,634 1,193 Bars - Cold Finished 3,671 2,939 3,573 3,191 Tool Steel 13,051 16,451 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 908 1,371 632 1,154 Oil Country Goods 9,888 12,265 11,284 15,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 122 119 6,141 4,622 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,314 2,026 1,759 1,375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,604 7,499 6,871 8,211 Pressure Tubing 1,715 3,221 1,815 3,184 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 294 1,175 355 1,257 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,763 1,597 3,728 2,409 Pipe For Piling 135 165 21 12 Wire Drawn 7,156 7,459 8,075 8,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,683 2,606 9,303 4,610 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,892 9,810 11,801 6,684 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,939 17,398 27,774 14,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,178 2,013 3,661 2,988 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,553 3,772 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 672 284 1,059 554 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,581 3,487 2,059 3,441 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 537,783 337,865 527,254 308,912 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,482 839 1,819 1,120 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 129,941 40,951 150,274 40,475 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,226 4,509 6,749 2,834 Plates Cut Lengths 42,866 25,597 29,227 15,683 Plates In Coils 9,637 4,322 8,172 3,753 Rails Standard 2,342 1,393 639 412 Bars - Hot Rolled 112,086 59,454 94,931 44,863 Bars - Light Shaped 3,946 2,006 4,023 1,756 Bars - Cold Finished 6,129 7,390 7,244 6,130 Tool Steel 21,221 30,241 25,459 32,750 Standard Pipe 1,987 2,417 1,540 2,525 Oil Country Goods 33,310 34,293 21,172 27,428 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,932 18,132 6,263 4,741 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,961 1,811 4,073 3,401 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,517 14,479 13,475 15,711 Pressure Tubing 3,672 6,293 3,530 6,406 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 560 2,226 650 2,432 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,006 3,808 5,491 4,005 Pipe For Piling 146 85 156 177 Wire Drawn 16,428 16,089 15,231 15,539 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,736 9,529 13,987 7,216 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,203 10,759 30,692 16,494 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 39,327 20,550 61,713 32,326 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,303 4,692 5,839 5,001 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,387 7,613 9,534 7,970 Strip - Hot Rolled 789 459 1,731 838 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,643 7,927 3,640 6,928 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 January 2004