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 April 2004 March 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 278,391 203,991 316,597 208,859 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,208 1,105 579 479 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,903 13,742 56,392 21,558 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,535 3,222 3,922 2,197 Plates Cut Lengths 19,695 14,564 22,845 15,867 Plates In Coils 10,847 5,501 6,315 3,045 Rails Standard 2,689 2,065 3,509 1,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 75,714 42,236 90,591 42,456 Bars - Light Shaped 637 505 1,360 847 Bars - Cold Finished 6,932 8,059 3,140 3,448 Tool Steel 11,763 17,500 12,439 18,424 Standard Pipe 507 656 495 825 Oil Country Goods 23,479 23,581 21,412 23,869 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,451 9,279 16,190 9,577 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 57 93 29 48 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,468 8,525 6,323 6,951 Pressure Tubing 2,425 3,183 1,504 2,346 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 191 764 281 1,263 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,152 2,437 1,409 2,949 Pipe For Piling 23 16 425 107 Wire Drawn 8,691 9,919 9,027 9,771 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 16,800 10,014 18,166 10,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,318 2,893 4,812 4,029 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,258 5,689 6,134 4,946 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,088 520 750 433 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,457 4,745 2,844 5,128 ______________________________________________________________ March 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 317,181 209,466 Ingots And Steel For Castings 519 319 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 56,408 21,589 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,922 2,197 Plates Cut Lengths 22,855 15,880 Plates In Coils 6,336 3,079 Rails Standard 3,509 1,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 90,897 42,649 Bars - Light Shaped 1,388 859 Bars - Cold Finished 3,140 3,448 Tool Steel 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 552 828 Oil Country Goods 21,412 23,869 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,190 9,577 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 89 91 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,325 6,956 Pressure Tubing 1,526 2,410 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 326 1,263 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,438 2,992 Pipe For Piling 172 107 Wire Drawn 9,093 9,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,919 8,491 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,789 8,002 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,166 10,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,812 4,029 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 750 433 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,877 5,147 ______________________________________________________________ April 2003 March 2003 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 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 April 2004 (CB-04-76)