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 October 2004 September 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 319,658 278,888 317,348 277,976 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,843 1,341 1,328 1,115 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,077 29,269 50,071 19,700 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,068 4,427 7,435 4,674 Plates Cut Lengths 27,155 27,389 31,693 32,120 Plates In Coils 15,375 10,553 15,265 10,288 Rails Standard 991 206 106 82 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,446 41,420 57,841 46,973 Bars - Light Shaped 1,380 950 1,297 784 Bars - Cold Finished 6,148 7,729 7,191 9,159 Tool Steel 12,099 23,032 12,312 22,704 Standard Pipe 737 1,085 1,174 1,762 Oil Country Goods 22,545 26,895 26,686 33,875 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,185 16,282 21,314 18,734 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31 33 62 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,144 12,219 10,910 12,928 Pressure Tubing 2,288 3,967 1,587 2,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 243 1,029 505 1,509 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,561 2,319 1,649 2,415 Pipe For Piling 0 0 26 19 Wire Drawn 8,495 11,153 8,560 10,850 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,964 10,114 14,600 9,087 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,069 13,604 13,579 10,794 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,439 19,101 19,306 11,085 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,624 2,246 3,400 2,949 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,608 6,706 6,934 6,425 Strip - Hot Rolled 811 452 517 341 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,334 5,368 2,000 4,944 ______________________________________________________________ September 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,540 283,935 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,429 1,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,163 19,741 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,435 4,674 Plates Cut Lengths 31,801 33,179 Plates In Coils 15,547 11,700 Rails Standard 180 82 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,234 47,236 Bars - Light Shaped 1,408 853 Bars - Cold Finished 7,191 9,176 Tool Steel 13,321 23,858 Standard Pipe 1,181 1,801 Oil Country Goods 28,026 35,061 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,315 18,740 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,297 13,513 Pressure Tubing 1,587 2,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 513 1,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,875 2,512 Pipe For Piling 26 19 Wire Drawn 8,573 10,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,600 9,087 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,589 10,428 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,306 11,085 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,400 2,949 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,937 6,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 517 341 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,043 5,139 ______________________________________________________________ October 2003 September 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 249,360 169,462 246,851 147,090 Ingots And Steel For Castings 399 320 486 330 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,281 8,849 52,229 14,403 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,229 6,022 2,839 1,321 Plates Cut Lengths 16,948 9,776 16,832 9,271 Plates In Coils 7,597 2,917 6,742 2,692 Rails Standard 260 209 865 516 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,232 30,108 62,860 26,676 Bars - Light Shaped 1,121 656 1,591 696 Bars - Cold Finished 2,933 3,092 2,969 2,850 Tool Steel 13,301 18,103 9,435 14,282 Standard Pipe 523 694 901 1,022 Oil Country Goods 31,120 24,935 17,295 16,076 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,096 2,615 1,111 764 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 327 197 5,784 3,967 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,969 11,141 8,667 10,089 Pressure Tubing 2,250 4,416 1,621 2,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,123 350 1,384 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,399 2,588 963 1,558 Pipe For Piling 0 0 588 327 Wire Drawn 9,148 8,409 6,305 6,504 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,574 4,787 12,780 6,058 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,574 6,149 6,614 5,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,887 10,016 19,113 10,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,938 1,867 2,727 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,287 5,512 2,465 1,984 Strip - Hot Rolled 645 304 378 225 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 4,656 2,342 3,634 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 October 2004 (CB-04-213)