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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 292,085 218,825 280,736 207,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,244 853 816 569 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,420 23,423 33,334 13,880 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,590 2,237 5,543 3,227 Plates Cut Lengths 18,932 14,931 19,695 14,564 Plates In Coils 8,730 5,578 10,847 5,501 Rails Standard 1,918 1,030 2,969 2,065 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,269 30,510 76,458 44,307 Bars - Light Shaped 902 643 792 505 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 4,731 6,967 8,579 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 12,266 18,521 Standard Pipe 603 957 507 658 Oil Country Goods 23,589 26,679 23,490 23,591 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,966 19,478 15,451 9,279 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42 60 58 98 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,578 9,290 7,876 8,892 Pressure Tubing 4,225 5,452 2,445 3,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 344 1,329 200 803 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,034 2,166 1,152 2,439 Pipe For Piling 315 195 23 16 Wire Drawn 8,886 10,563 8,715 9,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,240 6,140 14,072 7,537 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,126 5,847 8,030 5,642 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,025 14,836 16,821 10,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,552 2,376 3,318 2,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 6,290 5,727 Strip - Hot Rolled 147 91 956 520 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,833 4,743 1,641 4,745 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,577 174,133 268,149 174,286 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,102 565 2,207 1,517 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,115 20,020 43,427 13,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,732 7,158 3,571 1,982 Plates Cut Lengths 14,156 8,673 18,355 11,550 Plates In Coils 6,175 2,742 8,774 3,337 Rails Standard 224 149 93 83 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,634 22,197 46,670 23,435 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 521 1,806 833 Bars - Cold Finished 4,709 3,994 6,411 5,063 Tool Steel 14,038 18,707 15,113 19,239 Standard Pipe 653 1,076 686 1,141 Oil Country Goods 18,693 24,997 22,472 21,965 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,528 8,324 11,442 7,458 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,240 2,893 2,638 1,922 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,311 8,338 7,449 9,046 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,432 1,965 3,517 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 172 577 128 532 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,710 1,622 826 1,381 Pipe For Piling 408 263 356 200 Wire Drawn 7,629 7,436 9,124 9,152 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,433 4,959 9,561 4,292 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,985 3,923 10,259 6,067 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,141 11,296 35,463 17,714 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,714 2,535 2,484 1,732 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,423 3,714 4,375 3,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 266 172 665 345 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,634 2,848 1,828 4,423 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,427,786 973,898 1,364,308 838,074 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,062 2,579 6,383 4,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 274,103 99,842 335,495 94,764 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,281 12,170 40,522 13,674 Plates Cut Lengths 104,349 70,972 82,201 46,993 Plates In Coils 35,551 18,479 26,022 11,143 Rails Standard 10,738 6,213 2,692 1,499 Bars - Hot Rolled 326,710 176,920 245,650 120,748 Bars - Light Shaped 7,028 4,014 8,053 3,595 Bars - Cold Finished 20,822 24,149 22,950 18,928 Tool Steel 58,951 86,575 70,596 90,367 Standard Pipe 3,648 4,861 4,280 6,582 Oil Country Goods 101,801 108,433 81,198 96,459 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 93,539 56,466 34,789 22,380 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,149 2,060 13,595 10,136 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 36,295 39,617 37,124 43,827 Pressure Tubing 11,868 17,353 9,886 17,888 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,430 5,621 1,078 4,027 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,630 11,405 8,993 8,624 Pipe For Piling 657 403 919 639 Wire Drawn 43,121 46,424 41,715 41,508 Sheets Hot Rolled 58,966 31,696 42,716 21,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 46,148 30,250 54,814 32,743 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 101,339 55,489 137,843 71,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 15,986 13,990 14,557 12,384 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,977 23,853 28,015 21,816 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,642 1,502 3,038 1,623 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,995 22,562 9,182 18,306 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 May 2004