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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,540 283,935 321,244 266,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,429 1,233 1,004 743 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,163 19,741 51,484 21,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,435 4,674 8,704 5,593 Plates Cut Lengths 31,801 33,179 21,317 21,511 Plates In Coils 15,547 11,700 9,176 6,538 Rails Standard 180 82 1,247 316 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,234 47,236 61,184 42,593 Bars - Light Shaped 1,408 853 1,143 878 Bars - Cold Finished 7,191 9,176 3,936 5,513 Tool Steel 13,321 23,858 15,229 28,052 Standard Pipe 1,181 1,801 1,816 2,604 Oil Country Goods 28,026 35,061 23,897 30,428 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,315 18,740 12,012 8,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45 41 16 15 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,297 13,513 11,778 12,925 Pressure Tubing 1,587 2,619 2,977 4,319 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 513 1,530 721 2,134 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,875 2,512 2,216 2,747 Pipe For Piling 26 19 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,573 10,908 9,040 11,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,600 9,087 20,343 11,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,589 10,428 18,651 13,873 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,306 11,085 28,527 16,814 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,400 2,949 4,908 3,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,937 6,430 6,940 6,141 Strip - Hot Rolled 517 341 533 312 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,043 5,139 2,444 5,871 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 246,851 147,090 240,994 159,712 Ingots And Steel For Castings 486 330 301 240 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,229 14,403 19,439 6,605 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,839 1,321 26,893 9,100 Plates Cut Lengths 16,832 9,271 15,324 9,079 Plates In Coils 6,742 2,692 5,982 2,454 Rails Standard 865 516 214 148 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,860 26,676 48,003 23,592 Bars - Light Shaped 1,591 696 1,061 517 Bars - Cold Finished 2,969 2,850 6,248 4,639 Tool Steel 9,435 14,282 13,909 18,976 Standard Pipe 901 1,022 629 897 Oil Country Goods 17,295 16,076 15,682 17,661 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,111 764 9,479 4,969 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,784 3,967 8,462 7,908 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,667 10,089 7,586 8,296 Pressure Tubing 1,621 2,843 1,773 2,569 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 350 1,384 270 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 963 1,558 1,143 1,144 Pipe For Piling 588 327 156 87 Wire Drawn 6,305 6,504 6,971 7,450 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,780 6,058 9,966 5,005 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,614 5,076 8,870 5,679 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,113 10,126 17,709 8,940 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,727 2,415 2,876 2,088 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,465 1,984 9,400 7,360 Strip - Hot Rolled 378 225 343 161 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 3,634 2,305 3,269 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,725,093 2,040,489 2,462,075 1,495,158 Ingots And Steel For Castings 10,483 7,335 13,263 7,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 459,990 181,706 620,411 180,510 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,361 37,351 78,460 28,255 Plates Cut Lengths 212,171 169,141 156,104 88,435 Plates In Coils 82,145 51,623 50,296 20,875 Rails Standard 40,846 22,495 6,722 4,056 Bars - Hot Rolled 560,899 344,010 449,127 218,352 Bars - Light Shaped 11,369 6,821 13,954 6,314 Bars - Cold Finished 47,792 56,765 42,360 34,980 Tool Steel 115,797 184,898 123,624 164,684 Standard Pipe 8,457 12,054 7,904 10,795 Oil Country Goods 206,833 230,587 152,828 168,571 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 169,965 110,445 49,945 30,303 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,277 2,173 30,603 24,229 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 79,103 88,021 69,614 80,006 Pressure Tubing 22,401 33,993 15,963 27,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,493 11,791 2,533 8,557 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,631 21,868 14,287 14,934 Pipe For Piling 1,510 923 2,014 1,251 Wire Drawn 79,959 91,478 69,258 69,870 Sheets Hot Rolled 114,542 64,227 81,753 39,917 Sheets Cold Rolled 103,135 72,530 89,342 56,386 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 203,771 116,951 220,994 114,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 30,416 25,280 24,384 20,129 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 55,341 48,447 54,312 40,753 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,677 2,777 4,689 2,497 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,729 44,797 17,329 31,402 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 September 2004