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 August 2004 July 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 316,795 258,270 279,961 231,950 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,004 738 2,309 1,690 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,484 21,056 20,868 12,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,704 5,593 9,487 6,024 Plates Cut Lengths 21,299 21,511 28,038 22,801 Plates In Coils 9,051 5,910 12,991 9,375 Rails Standard 1,247 316 13,172 1,418 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,280 41,636 56,445 38,438 Bars - Light Shaped 1,143 878 1,278 759 Bars - Cold Finished 3,936 5,513 6,226 8,286 Tool Steel 13,937 22,860 12,849 22,487 Standard Pipe 1,720 2,551 874 1,544 Oil Country Goods 23,129 29,537 23,952 27,287 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,183 8,736 12,762 7,428 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15 15 49 45 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,741 12,864 8,861 10,583 Pressure Tubing 2,961 4,261 2,219 4,228 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 709 2,084 469 1,434 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,191 2,676 1,083 2,017 Pipe For Piling 0 0 71 24 Wire Drawn 8,859 11,342 9,838 11,490 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,323 11,792 8,210 4,703 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,585 13,768 12,379 9,423 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,527 16,814 24,292 15,048 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,908 3,861 2,789 1,922 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,901 6,101 6,053 5,201 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 312 507 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,423 5,543 1,889 4,976 ______________________________________________________________ July 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,844 241,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,603 1,878 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,868 12,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,491 6,027 Plates Cut Lengths 28,038 22,801 Plates In Coils 13,372 9,700 Rails Standard 3,555 1,418 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,632 40,193 Bars - Light Shaped 1,278 759 Bars - Cold Finished 7,765 8,312 Tool Steel 13,470 23,406 Standard Pipe 1,026 1,724 Oil Country Goods 27,468 30,558 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,762 7,428 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 45 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,152 12,034 Pressure Tubing 2,367 4,728 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 470 1,438 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,130 2,141 Pipe For Piling 39 24 Wire Drawn 10,017 11,767 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,214 4,711 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,477 9,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,311 15,071 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,789 1,922 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,062 5,216 Strip - Hot Rolled 507 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,932 5,342 ______________________________________________________________ August 2003 July 2003 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 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 August 2004 (CB-04-164)