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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,244 266,916 279,844 241,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,004 743 2,603 1,878 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,484 21,056 20,868 12,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,704 5,593 9,491 6,027 Plates Cut Lengths 21,317 21,511 28,038 22,801 Plates In Coils 9,176 6,538 13,372 9,700 Rails Standard 1,247 316 3,555 1,418 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,184 42,593 57,632 40,193 Bars - Light Shaped 1,143 878 1,278 759 Bars - Cold Finished 3,936 5,513 7,765 8,312 Tool Steel 15,229 28,052 13,470 23,406 Standard Pipe 1,816 2,604 1,026 1,724 Oil Country Goods 23,897 30,428 27,468 30,558 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,012 8,736 12,762 7,428 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16 15 49 45 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,778 12,925 10,152 12,034 Pressure Tubing 2,977 4,319 2,367 4,728 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 721 2,134 470 1,438 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,216 2,747 1,130 2,141 Pipe For Piling 0 0 39 24 Wire Drawn 9,040 11,543 10,017 11,767 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,343 11,802 8,214 4,711 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,651 13,873 12,477 9,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,527 16,814 24,311 15,071 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,908 3,861 2,789 1,922 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,940 6,141 6,062 5,216 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 312 507 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,444 5,871 1,932 5,342 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 240,994 159,712 330,137 187,946 Ingots And Steel For Castings 301 240 5,370 1,990 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,439 6,605 124,296 37,994 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,893 9,100 4,474 2,348 Plates Cut Lengths 15,324 9,079 20,643 11,816 Plates In Coils 5,982 2,454 6,359 2,723 Rails Standard 214 148 1,613 1,103 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,003 23,592 50,278 25,159 Bars - Light Shaped 1,061 517 1,498 751 Bars - Cold Finished 6,248 4,639 2,966 2,688 Tool Steel 13,909 18,976 15,604 21,887 Standard Pipe 629 897 531 785 Oil Country Goods 15,682 17,661 19,350 19,580 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 9,479 4,969 4,314 2,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,462 7,908 1,071 1,005 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,586 8,296 9,299 10,318 Pressure Tubing 1,773 2,569 1,649 2,726 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 878 619 1,435 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,143 1,144 947 1,603 Pipe For Piling 156 87 308 172 Wire Drawn 6,971 7,450 7,513 7,426 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,966 5,005 7,733 3,647 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,870 5,679 9,843 7,382 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,709 8,940 22,092 11,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,876 2,088 2,021 1,455 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,400 7,360 7,381 4,920 Strip - Hot Rolled 343 161 562 282 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,305 3,269 1,804 3,471 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,403,553 1,756,554 2,215,224 1,348,068 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,054 6,102 12,777 6,903 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 409,827 161,965 568,183 166,108 Structural Shapes Heavy 57,926 32,677 75,620 26,934 Plates Cut Lengths 180,370 135,962 139,272 79,164 Plates In Coils 66,598 39,923 43,554 18,183 Rails Standard 40,666 22,413 5,857 3,540 Bars - Hot Rolled 502,665 296,774 386,267 191,677 Bars - Light Shaped 9,961 5,968 12,363 5,618 Bars - Cold Finished 40,601 47,589 39,391 32,130 Tool Steel 102,477 161,039 114,189 150,402 Standard Pipe 7,276 10,252 7,003 9,772 Oil Country Goods 178,808 195,526 135,534 152,495 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 148,650 91,705 48,834 29,539 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,231 2,132 24,819 20,263 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 67,806 74,508 60,947 69,917 Pressure Tubing 20,814 31,375 14,342 24,630 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,980 10,261 2,183 7,173 Structural Pipe & Tube 10,756 19,356 13,324 13,375 Pipe For Piling 1,484 904 1,426 924 Wire Drawn 71,386 80,570 62,953 63,366 Sheets Hot Rolled 99,942 55,140 68,973 33,859 Sheets Cold Rolled 89,546 62,103 82,728 51,310 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 184,465 105,866 201,882 104,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,015 22,331 21,657 17,714 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,405 42,017 51,848 38,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,160 2,436 4,311 2,273 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,686 39,658 14,987 27,768 CONTACT: For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2004