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 May 2004 April 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,235 197,767 278,391 203,991 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,244 853 2,208 1,105 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,232 22,614 31,903 13,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,864 1,757 5,535 3,222 Plates Cut Lengths 16,151 12,634 19,695 14,564 Plates In Coils 8,513 5,464 10,847 5,501 Rails Standard 916 413 2,689 2,065 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,790 27,255 75,714 42,236 Bars - Light Shaped 698 520 637 505 Bars - Cold Finished 4,243 4,271 6,932 8,059 Tool Steel 10,996 16,093 11,763 17,500 Standard Pipe 478 776 507 656 Oil Country Goods 19,658 23,353 23,479 23,581 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,038 17,558 15,451 9,279 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 27 50 57 93 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,002 8,543 7,468 8,525 Pressure Tubing 4,039 5,108 2,425 3,183 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 243 1,220 191 764 Structural Pipe & Tube 913 1,933 1,152 2,437 Pipe For Piling 454 195 23 16 Wire Drawn 8,552 10,232 8,691 9,919 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,250 5,594 14,072 7,537 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,438 5,391 8,030 5,642 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,514 13,943 16,800 10,014 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,312 2,207 3,318 2,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,876 5,376 6,258 5,689 Strip - Hot Rolled 134 75 1,088 520 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,660 4,337 1,457 4,745 ______________________________________________________________ April 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 280,736 207,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 816 569 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,334 13,880 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,543 3,227 Plates Cut Lengths 19,695 14,564 Plates In Coils 10,847 5,501 Rails Standard 2,969 2,065 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,458 44,307 Bars - Light Shaped 792 505 Bars - Cold Finished 6,967 8,579 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 Standard Pipe 507 658 Oil Country Goods 23,490 23,591 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,451 9,279 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 58 98 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,876 8,892 Pressure Tubing 2,445 3,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 200 803 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,152 2,439 Pipe For Piling 23 16 Wire Drawn 8,715 9,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,072 7,537 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,030 5,642 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,821 10,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,318 2,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 Strip - Hot Rolled 956 520 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,641 4,745 ______________________________________________________________ May 2003 April 2003 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 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 May 2004 (CB-04-100)