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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,680 274,262 292,085 218,825 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,384 902 1,244 853 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,372 28,115 54,420 23,423 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,450 8,887 3,590 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 26,665 20,678 18,932 14,931 Plates In Coils 8,499 5,205 8,730 5,578 Rails Standard 25,125 14,466 1,918 1,030 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,139 37,068 47,269 30,510 Bars - Light Shaped 512 318 902 643 Bars - Cold Finished 8,078 9,616 4,586 4,731 Tool Steel 14,827 23,006 12,825 19,124 Standard Pipe 786 1,063 603 957 Oil Country Goods 25,642 26,107 23,589 26,679 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,337 19,075 31,966 19,478 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18 12 42 60 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,581 9,933 8,578 9,290 Pressure Tubing 3,601 4,975 4,225 5,452 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 358 1,068 344 1,329 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,780 3,064 1,034 2,166 Pipe For Piling 788 477 315 195 Wire Drawn 9,208 10,836 8,886 10,563 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,419 6,931 11,240 6,140 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,270 8,463 9,126 5,847 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,288 18,493 27,025 14,836 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,332 2,558 2,552 2,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,426 6,808 6,165 5,564 Strip - Hot Rolled 477 253 147 91 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,316 5,883 1,833 4,743 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,785 162,337 282,577 174,133 Ingots And Steel For Castings 723 401 1,102 565 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 88,951 26,745 64,115 20,020 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,732 1,812 26,732 7,158 Plates Cut Lengths 21,104 11,277 14,156 8,673 Plates In Coils 5,191 1,864 6,175 2,742 Rails Standard 1,338 790 224 149 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,336 22,177 44,634 22,197 Bars - Light Shaped 1,750 756 1,121 521 Bars - Cold Finished 7,228 5,876 4,709 3,994 Tool Steel 14,080 19,172 14,038 18,707 Standard Pipe 1,563 1,508 653 1,076 Oil Country Goods 19,303 18,794 18,693 24,997 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 252 168 14,528 8,324 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,691 1,214 4,240 2,893 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,937 7,477 7,311 8,338 Pressure Tubing 1,034 1,447 2,634 4,432 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 217 832 172 577 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,241 2,004 1,710 1,622 Pipe For Piling 42 25 408 263 Wire Drawn 6,753 6,982 7,629 7,436 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,557 3,957 10,433 4,959 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,200 5,506 4,985 3,923 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,238 12,166 22,141 11,296 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,203 1,787 2,714 2,535 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,053 4,673 5,423 3,714 Strip - Hot Rolled 370 206 266 172 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,696 2,721 1,634 2,848 ______________________________________________________________ June Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,802,465 1,248,160 1,644,093 1,000,411 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,446 3,482 7,106 4,673 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 337,475 127,958 424,447 121,509 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,731 21,057 44,254 15,486 Plates Cut Lengths 131,014 91,650 103,305 58,270 Plates In Coils 44,050 23,685 31,213 13,006 Rails Standard 35,864 20,679 4,030 2,289 Bars - Hot Rolled 383,849 213,988 287,986 142,925 Bars - Light Shaped 7,540 4,331 9,803 4,351 Bars - Cold Finished 28,900 33,764 30,178 24,803 Tool Steel 73,779 109,581 84,677 109,539 Standard Pipe 4,434 5,924 5,843 8,090 Oil Country Goods 127,443 134,540 100,501 115,253 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 123,876 75,541 35,041 22,549 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,166 2,071 15,286 11,350 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 45,876 49,550 44,062 51,304 Pressure Tubing 15,469 22,327 10,920 19,335 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,788 6,689 1,294 4,859 Structural Pipe & Tube 7,410 14,469 11,235 10,628 Pipe For Piling 1,445 880 962 665 Wire Drawn 52,329 57,260 48,468 48,490 Sheets Hot Rolled 71,385 38,627 51,273 25,207 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,418 38,713 64,014 38,250 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 131,627 73,982 162,081 84,063 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,319 16,549 16,760 14,171 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,402 30,661 35,067 26,489 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,119 1,755 3,407 1,829 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,311 28,445 10,878 21,028 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 June 2004