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 September 2004 August 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 317,348 277,976 316,795 258,270 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,328 1,115 1,004 738 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,071 19,700 51,484 21,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,435 4,674 8,704 5,593 Plates Cut Lengths 31,693 32,120 21,299 21,511 Plates In Coils 15,265 10,288 9,051 5,910 Rails Standard 106 82 1,247 316 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,841 46,973 60,280 41,636 Bars - Light Shaped 1,297 784 1,143 878 Bars - Cold Finished 7,191 9,159 3,936 5,513 Tool Steel 12,312 22,704 13,937 22,860 Standard Pipe 1,174 1,762 1,720 2,551 Oil Country Goods 26,686 33,875 23,129 29,537 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,314 18,734 11,183 8,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 62 41 15 15 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,910 12,928 11,741 12,864 Pressure Tubing 1,587 2,619 2,961 4,261 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 505 1,509 709 2,084 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,649 2,415 2,191 2,676 Pipe For Piling 26 19 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,560 10,850 8,859 11,342 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,600 9,087 20,323 11,792 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,579 10,794 18,585 13,768 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 6,934 6,425 6,901 6,101 Strip - Hot Rolled 517 341 533 312 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,000 4,944 2,423 5,543 ______________________________________________________________ August 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,244 266,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,004 743 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,484 21,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,704 5,593 Plates Cut Lengths 21,317 21,511 Plates In Coils 9,176 6,538 Rails Standard 1,247 316 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,184 42,593 Bars - Light Shaped 1,143 878 Bars - Cold Finished 3,936 5,513 Tool Steel 15,229 28,052 Standard Pipe 1,816 2,604 Oil Country Goods 23,897 30,428 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,012 8,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16 15 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,778 12,925 Pressure Tubing 2,977 4,319 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 721 2,134 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,216 2,747 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,040 11,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,343 11,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,651 13,873 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,527 16,814 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,908 3,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,940 6,141 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 312 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,444 5,871 ______________________________________________________________ September 2003 August 2003 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 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2004 (CB-04-184)