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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 317,181 209,466 253,542 161,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 519 319 993 567 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 56,408 21,589 58,942 19,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,922 2,197 4,570 2,532 Plates Cut Lengths 22,855 15,880 21,613 13,701 Plates In Coils 6,336 3,079 4,692 2,277 Rails Standard 3,509 1,725 1,801 1,043 Bars - Hot Rolled 90,897 42,649 49,595 29,810 Bars - Light Shaped 1,388 859 2,485 1,351 Bars - Cold Finished 3,140 3,448 2,626 2,888 Tool Steel 12,638 18,689 10,203 14,545 Standard Pipe 552 828 1,121 1,255 Oil Country Goods 21,412 23,869 10,133 9,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,190 9,577 18,426 10,795 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 89 91 30 37 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,325 6,956 6,453 6,769 Pressure Tubing 1,526 2,410 1,638 2,738 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 326 1,263 270 1,079 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,438 2,992 1,112 2,120 Pipe For Piling 172 107 65 42 Wire Drawn 9,093 9,815 7,744 7,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,919 8,491 7,666 3,510 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,789 8,002 8,019 4,583 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,166 10,076 23,030 11,802 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,812 4,029 3,204 2,802 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,949 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 750 433 320 195 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,877 5,147 2,296 4,320 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 286,328 180,742 242,068 143,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,255 1,070 846 499 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 77,680 21,214 69,616 18,473 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,471 1,700 4,146 1,925 Plates Cut Lengths 20,463 11,088 14,732 7,447 Plates In Coils 2,901 1,310 2,530 1,227 Rails Standard 1,736 855 122 105 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,415 30,252 35,568 17,693 Bars - Light Shaped 1,103 485 1,389 562 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 3,741 3,671 2,939 Tool Steel 15,987 19,671 13,051 16,451 Standard Pipe 1,401 1,839 908 1,371 Oil Country Goods 18,862 22,070 9,888 12,265 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,557 1,857 122 119 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,644 1,920 2,314 2,026 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,889 10,732 6,604 7,499 Pressure Tubing 1,756 3,533 1,715 3,221 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 486 294 1,175 Structural Pipe & Tube 966 1,616 1,763 1,597 Pipe For Piling 0 0 135 165 Wire Drawn 9,732 9,382 7,156 7,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,735 4,783 4,683 2,606 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,877 6,259 18,892 9,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,526 10,561 33,939 17,398 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,520 3,116 2,178 2,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,683 6,827 3,553 3,772 Strip - Hot Rolled 375 268 672 284 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,080 4,107 1,581 3,487 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 854,965 547,331 813,582 489,654 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,001 1,157 3,074 2,190 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 186,349 62,540 227,954 61,688 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,148 6,706 10,220 4,534 Plates Cut Lengths 65,722 41,476 49,690 26,771 Plates In Coils 15,973 7,400 11,073 5,063 Rails Standard 5,851 3,118 2,375 1,267 Bars - Hot Rolled 202,983 102,103 154,346 75,116 Bars - Light Shaped 5,334 2,866 5,126 2,241 Bars - Cold Finished 9,269 10,838 11,830 9,871 Tool Steel 33,859 48,930 41,446 52,422 Standard Pipe 2,538 3,246 2,941 4,365 Oil Country Goods 54,721 58,163 40,033 49,498 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,122 27,709 8,819 6,598 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,049 1,902 6,716 5,321 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 19,842 21,434 22,365 26,442 Pressure Tubing 5,198 8,702 5,286 9,939 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 886 3,489 778 2,919 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,444 6,800 6,457 5,621 Pipe For Piling 318 192 156 177 Wire Drawn 25,521 25,904 24,962 24,921 Sheets Hot Rolled 33,655 18,020 22,722 11,999 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,992 18,761 39,570 22,753 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 57,493 30,626 80,239 42,887 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,116 8,721 9,359 8,117 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 15,521 12,562 18,217 14,797 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,539 892 2,106 1,106 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,520 13,074 5,720 11,035 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 March 2004