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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 280,736 207,742 317,181 209,466 Ingots And Steel For Castings 816 569 519 319 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,334 13,880 56,408 21,589 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,543 3,227 3,922 2,197 Plates Cut Lengths 19,695 14,564 22,855 15,880 Plates In Coils 10,847 5,501 6,336 3,079 Rails Standard 2,969 2,065 3,509 1,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,458 44,307 90,897 42,649 Bars - Light Shaped 792 505 1,388 859 Bars - Cold Finished 6,967 8,579 3,140 3,448 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 507 658 552 828 Oil Country Goods 23,490 23,591 21,412 23,869 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,451 9,279 16,190 9,577 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 58 98 89 91 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,876 8,892 6,325 6,956 Pressure Tubing 2,445 3,199 1,526 2,410 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 200 803 326 1,263 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,152 2,439 1,438 2,992 Pipe For Piling 23 16 172 107 Wire Drawn 8,715 9,957 9,093 9,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,072 7,537 14,919 8,491 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,030 5,642 10,789 8,002 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,821 10,027 18,166 10,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,318 2,893 4,812 4,029 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 956 520 750 433 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,641 4,745 2,877 5,147 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,149 174,286 286,328 180,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,207 1,517 1,255 1,070 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,427 13,056 77,680 21,214 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,571 1,982 3,471 1,700 Plates Cut Lengths 18,355 11,550 20,463 11,088 Plates In Coils 8,774 3,337 2,901 1,310 Rails Standard 93 83 1,736 855 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,670 23,435 59,415 30,252 Bars - Light Shaped 1,806 833 1,103 485 Bars - Cold Finished 6,411 5,063 4,586 3,741 Tool Steel 15,113 19,239 15,987 19,671 Standard Pipe 686 1,141 1,401 1,839 Oil Country Goods 22,472 21,965 18,862 22,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,442 7,458 2,557 1,857 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,638 1,922 2,644 1,920 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,449 9,046 8,889 10,732 Pressure Tubing 1,965 3,517 1,756 3,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 532 128 486 Structural Pipe & Tube 826 1,381 966 1,616 Pipe For Piling 356 200 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,124 9,152 9,732 9,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,561 4,292 8,735 4,783 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,259 6,067 8,877 6,259 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,463 17,714 18,526 10,561 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,484 1,732 3,520 3,116 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,375 3,305 8,683 6,827 Strip - Hot Rolled 665 345 375 268 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,828 4,423 2,080 4,107 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,135,700 755,073 1,081,731 663,941 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,817 1,726 5,281 3,707 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 219,683 76,419 271,381 74,744 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,691 9,933 13,791 6,516 Plates Cut Lengths 85,417 56,041 68,045 38,320 Plates In Coils 26,821 12,901 19,848 8,401 Rails Standard 8,820 5,183 2,468 1,350 Bars - Hot Rolled 279,441 146,410 201,016 98,551 Bars - Light Shaped 6,126 3,371 6,933 3,074 Bars - Cold Finished 16,236 19,417 18,241 14,934 Tool Steel 46,126 67,451 56,559 71,661 Standard Pipe 3,045 3,904 3,627 5,506 Oil Country Goods 78,212 81,754 62,505 71,463 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 61,573 36,988 20,262 14,056 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,107 2,000 9,355 7,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 27,718 30,326 29,813 35,488 Pressure Tubing 7,643 11,901 7,252 13,456 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,086 4,292 906 3,450 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,596 9,240 7,284 7,002 Pipe For Piling 341 207 512 376 Wire Drawn 34,236 35,861 34,086 34,073 Sheets Hot Rolled 47,727 25,557 32,283 16,291 Sheets Cold Rolled 37,022 24,403 49,829 28,820 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 74,313 40,653 115,701 60,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 13,434 11,614 11,843 9,849 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,811 18,288 22,592 18,102 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,496 1,412 2,772 1,451 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,162 17,819 7,548 15,459 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 April 2004