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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,844 241,477 374,680 274,262 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,603 1,878 1,384 902 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,868 12,951 63,372 28,115 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,491 6,027 18,450 8,887 Plates Cut Lengths 28,038 22,801 26,665 20,678 Plates In Coils 13,372 9,700 8,499 5,205 Rails Standard 3,555 1,418 25,125 14,466 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,632 40,193 57,139 37,068 Bars - Light Shaped 1,278 759 512 318 Bars - Cold Finished 7,765 8,312 8,078 9,616 Tool Steel 13,470 23,406 14,827 23,006 Standard Pipe 1,026 1,724 786 1,063 Oil Country Goods 27,468 30,558 25,642 26,107 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,762 7,428 30,337 19,075 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 45 18 12 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,152 12,034 9,581 9,933 Pressure Tubing 2,367 4,728 3,601 4,975 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 470 1,438 358 1,068 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,130 2,141 1,780 3,064 Pipe For Piling 39 24 788 477 Wire Drawn 10,017 11,767 9,208 10,836 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,214 4,711 12,419 6,931 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,477 9,516 12,270 8,463 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,311 15,071 30,288 18,493 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,789 1,922 3,332 2,558 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,062 5,216 7,426 6,808 Strip - Hot Rolled 507 368 477 253 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,932 5,342 2,316 5,883 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,137 187,946 279,785 162,337 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,370 1,990 723 401 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 124,296 37,994 88,951 26,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,474 2,348 3,732 1,812 Plates Cut Lengths 20,643 11,816 21,104 11,277 Plates In Coils 6,359 2,723 5,191 1,864 Rails Standard 1,613 1,103 1,338 790 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,278 25,159 42,336 22,177 Bars - Light Shaped 1,498 751 1,750 756 Bars - Cold Finished 2,966 2,688 7,228 5,876 Tool Steel 15,604 21,887 14,080 19,172 Standard Pipe 531 785 1,563 1,508 Oil Country Goods 19,350 19,580 19,303 18,794 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,314 2,021 252 168 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,071 1,005 1,691 1,214 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,299 10,318 6,937 7,477 Pressure Tubing 1,649 2,726 1,034 1,447 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 619 1,435 217 832 Structural Pipe & Tube 947 1,603 2,241 2,004 Pipe For Piling 308 172 42 25 Wire Drawn 7,513 7,426 6,753 6,982 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,733 3,647 8,557 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,843 7,382 9,200 5,506 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,092 11,262 24,238 12,166 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,021 1,455 2,203 1,787 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,381 4,920 7,053 4,673 Strip - Hot Rolled 562 282 370 206 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,804 3,471 1,696 2,721 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,082,309 1,489,637 1,974,230 1,188,356 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,049 5,359 12,476 6,663 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 358,343 140,908 548,743 159,503 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,222 27,084 48,728 17,835 Plates Cut Lengths 159,052 114,451 123,948 70,085 Plates In Coils 57,422 33,384 37,572 15,729 Rails Standard 39,418 22,097 5,643 3,392 Bars - Hot Rolled 441,481 254,181 338,264 168,084 Bars - Light Shaped 8,819 5,091 11,301 5,101 Bars - Cold Finished 36,664 42,076 33,143 27,491 Tool Steel 87,248 132,988 100,280 131,426 Standard Pipe 5,460 7,648 6,375 8,875 Oil Country Goods 154,910 165,098 119,851 134,833 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 136,637 82,969 39,355 24,570 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,215 2,117 16,357 12,355 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 56,028 61,584 53,361 61,621 Pressure Tubing 17,836 27,056 12,569 22,061 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,258 8,127 1,913 6,294 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,540 16,610 12,182 12,231 Pipe For Piling 1,484 904 1,270 837 Wire Drawn 62,346 69,027 55,981 55,916 Sheets Hot Rolled 79,599 43,339 59,006 28,854 Sheets Cold Rolled 70,895 48,230 73,857 45,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 155,938 89,052 184,173 95,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 22,108 18,470 18,781 15,626 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 41,464 35,877 42,448 31,409 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,627 2,123 3,969 2,111 Strip - Cold Rolled 15,242 33,787 12,682 24,499 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 July 2004