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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 295,003 301,639 333,662 290,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,540 2,161 2,192 1,641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,961 17,925 54,740 29,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,668 10,772 7,133 4,467 Plates Cut Lengths 19,702 21,763 28,029 28,195 Plates In Coils 12,047 8,248 16,747 11,814 Rails Standard 233 155 786 387 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,917 45,554 56,091 42,717 Bars - Light Shaped 1,690 1,026 1,432 982 Bars - Cold Finished 8,452 13,181 6,273 7,890 Tool Steel 12,852 27,339 13,014 24,486 Standard Pipe 1,493 1,769 737 1,085 Oil Country Goods 36,055 47,892 23,626 27,964 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,627 2,533 18,185 16,282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,717 7,159 31 33 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,553 14,947 10,493 12,887 Pressure Tubing 3,045 4,968 2,756 4,804 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,347 347 1,077 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,835 2,582 1,562 2,322 Pipe For Piling 589 477 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,145 11,126 8,644 11,372 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,405 12,021 19,428 12,599 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,006 15,609 19,225 13,723 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,103 13,608 28,486 19,139 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,444 2,419 2,624 2,246 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,237 9,684 7,861 6,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 658 325 837 481 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,678 5,049 2,383 5,521 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,435 175,189 249,360 169,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 194 399 320 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 75,869 22,588 18,281 8,849 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,764 2,046 15,229 6,022 Plates Cut Lengths 17,598 10,020 16,948 9,776 Plates In Coils 9,194 3,995 7,597 2,917 Rails Standard 245 144 260 209 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,864 25,340 63,232 30,108 Bars - Light Shaped 1,306 518 1,121 656 Bars - Cold Finished 3,574 3,274 2,933 3,092 Tool Steel 11,935 16,732 13,301 18,103 Standard Pipe 350 470 523 694 Oil Country Goods 28,173 30,350 31,120 24,935 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 3,503 2,707 5,096 2,615 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,516 4,007 327 197 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,585 7,841 9,969 11,141 Pressure Tubing 2,309 3,572 2,250 4,416 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 355 1,236 340 1,123 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,126 1,869 1,399 2,588 Pipe For Piling 77 38 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,065 7,878 9,148 8,409 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,765 4,728 10,574 4,787 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,976 5,643 9,574 6,149 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,143 6,914 18,887 10,016 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,478 1,210 1,938 1,867 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,759 8,248 6,287 5,512 Strip - Hot Rolled 308 110 645 304 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,267 3,517 1,983 4,656 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,353,757 2,633,102 2,995,870 1,839,808 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,215 11,137 13,996 7,748 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 536,691 229,496 714,562 211,948 Structural Shapes Heavy 88,161 52,590 99,453 36,324 Plates Cut Lengths 259,902 219,099 190,651 108,231 Plates In Coils 110,939 71,685 67,087 27,786 Rails Standard 41,865 23,037 7,227 4,409 Bars - Hot Rolled 668,907 432,280 568,223 273,800 Bars - Light Shaped 14,492 8,828 16,380 7,488 Bars - Cold Finished 62,517 77,835 48,867 41,345 Tool Steel 141,663 236,723 148,860 199,519 Standard Pipe 10,686 14,908 8,777 11,958 Oil Country Goods 266,515 306,442 212,121 223,856 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 190,777 129,261 58,544 35,625 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,024 9,365 35,446 28,433 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 101,149 115,856 87,168 98,987 Pressure Tubing 28,202 43,765 20,522 35,461 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,187 14,216 3,228 10,916 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,028 26,771 16,812 19,391 Pipe For Piling 2,099 1,400 2,091 1,289 Wire Drawn 97,749 113,976 86,470 86,157 Sheets Hot Rolled 151,375 88,848 102,091 49,432 Sheets Cold Rolled 141,366 101,862 108,892 68,179 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 253,360 149,698 253,025 131,320 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 35,484 29,946 27,800 23,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 73,439 65,128 70,357 54,513 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,172 3,583 5,642 2,911 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,791 55,367 21,579 39,575 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.