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 June 2004 May 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 369,349 270,370 268,235 197,767 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,376 853 1,244 853 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,691 28,235 54,232 22,614 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,450 8,887 2,864 1,757 Plates Cut Lengths 26,660 20,675 16,151 12,634 Plates In Coils 8,499 5,205 8,513 5,464 Rails Standard 25,125 14,466 916 413 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,172 35,846 42,790 27,255 Bars - Light Shaped 505 313 698 520 Bars - Cold Finished 6,366 9,590 4,243 4,271 Tool Steel 14,251 22,330 10,996 16,093 Standard Pipe 786 1,063 478 776 Oil Country Goods 24,374 25,036 19,658 23,353 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,337 19,075 29,038 17,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9 6 27 50 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,521 9,874 8,002 8,543 Pressure Tubing 3,599 4,970 4,039 5,108 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,046 243 1,220 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,578 2,469 913 1,933 Pipe For Piling 788 477 454 195 Wire Drawn 9,178 10,781 8,552 10,232 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,412 6,925 10,250 5,594 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,562 8,628 8,438 5,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,266 18,480 25,514 13,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,332 2,558 2,312 2,207 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,388 6,746 5,876 5,376 Strip - Hot Rolled 477 253 134 75 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,300 5,581 1,660 4,337 ______________________________________________________________ May 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 292,085 218,825 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,244 853 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,420 23,423 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,590 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 18,932 14,931 Plates In Coils 8,730 5,578 Rails Standard 1,918 1,030 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,269 30,510 Bars - Light Shaped 902 643 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 4,731 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 Standard Pipe 603 957 Oil Country Goods 23,589 26,679 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,966 19,478 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42 60 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,578 9,290 Pressure Tubing 4,225 5,452 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 344 1,329 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,034 2,166 Pipe For Piling 315 195 Wire Drawn 8,886 10,563 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,240 6,140 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,126 5,847 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,025 14,836 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,552 2,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 Strip - Hot Rolled 147 91 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,833 4,743 ______________________________________________________________ June 2003 May 2003 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 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 June 2004 (CB-04-118)