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 July 2004 June 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,961 231,950 369,349 270,370 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,309 1,690 1,376 853 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,868 12,951 63,691 28,235 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,487 6,024 18,450 8,887 Plates Cut Lengths 28,038 22,801 26,660 20,675 Plates In Coils 12,991 9,375 8,499 5,205 Rails Standard 13,172 1,418 25,125 14,466 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,445 38,438 55,172 35,846 Bars - Light Shaped 1,278 759 505 313 Bars - Cold Finished 6,226 8,286 6,366 9,590 Tool Steel 12,849 22,487 14,251 22,330 Standard Pipe 874 1,544 786 1,063 Oil Country Goods 23,952 27,287 24,374 25,036 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,762 7,428 30,337 19,075 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 45 9 6 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,861 10,583 9,521 9,874 Pressure Tubing 2,219 4,228 3,599 4,970 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 469 1,434 347 1,046 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,083 2,017 1,578 2,469 Pipe For Piling 71 24 788 477 Wire Drawn 9,838 11,490 9,178 10,781 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,210 4,703 12,412 6,925 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,379 9,423 12,562 8,628 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,292 15,048 30,266 18,480 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,789 1,922 3,332 2,558 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,053 5,201 7,388 6,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 507 368 477 253 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,889 4,976 2,300 5,581 ______________________________________________________________ June 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,680 274,262 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,384 902 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,372 28,115 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,450 8,887 Plates Cut Lengths 26,665 20,678 Plates In Coils 8,499 5,205 Rails Standard 25,125 14,466 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,139 37,068 Bars - Light Shaped 512 318 Bars - Cold Finished 8,078 9,616 Tool Steel 14,827 23,006 Standard Pipe 786 1,063 Oil Country Goods 25,642 26,107 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,337 19,075 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18 12 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,581 9,933 Pressure Tubing 3,601 4,975 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 358 1,068 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,780 3,064 Pipe For Piling 788 477 Wire Drawn 9,208 10,836 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,419 6,931 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,270 8,463 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,288 18,493 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,332 2,558 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,426 6,808 Strip - Hot Rolled 477 253 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,316 5,883 ______________________________________________________________ July 2003 June 2003 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 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 July 2004 (CB-04-139)