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 March 2004 February 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 316,597 208,859 254,798 157,442 Ingots And Steel For Castings 579 479 913 499 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 56,392 21,558 58,942 19,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,922 2,197 4,570 2,532 Plates Cut Lengths 22,845 15,867 21,496 13,557 Plates In Coils 6,315 3,045 4,692 2,277 Rails Standard 3,509 1,725 1,801 1,043 Bars - Hot Rolled 90,591 42,456 48,194 28,518 Bars - Light Shaped 1,360 847 2,436 1,330 Bars - Cold Finished 3,140 3,448 2,608 2,870 Tool Steel 12,439 18,424 9,965 14,320 Standard Pipe 495 825 1,799 1,250 Oil Country Goods 21,412 23,869 14,646 8,700 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,190 9,577 18,426 10,795 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 48 30 37 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,323 6,951 6,453 6,769 Pressure Tubing 1,504 2,346 1,617 2,639 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,263 266 1,069 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,409 2,949 1,112 2,120 Pipe For Piling 425 107 18 42 Wire Drawn 9,027 9,771 7,694 7,577 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,919 8,491 7,666 3,510 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,789 8,002 6,113 3,741 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,166 10,076 22,998 11,779 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,812 4,029 3,204 2,802 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,946 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 750 433 320 195 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,844 5,128 2,326 4,226 ______________________________________________________________ February 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 253,542 161,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 993 567 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 58,942 19,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,570 2,532 Plates Cut Lengths 21,613 13,701 Plates In Coils 4,692 2,277 Rails Standard 1,801 1,043 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,595 29,810 Bars - Light Shaped 2,485 1,351 Bars - Cold Finished 2,626 2,888 Tool Steel 10,203 14,545 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,255 Oil Country Goods 10,133 9,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,426 10,795 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 37 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,453 6,769 Pressure Tubing 1,638 2,738 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 1,079 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,112 2,120 Pipe For Piling 65 42 Wire Drawn 7,744 7,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,666 3,510 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,019 4,583 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,030 11,802 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,204 2,802 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 320 195 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 4,320 ______________________________________________________________ March 2003 February 2003 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 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 March 2004 (CB-04-62)