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 November 2004 October 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 262,376 263,997 319,658 278,888 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,394 2,197 1,843 1,341 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,866 15,594 52,077 29,269 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,487 10,654 7,068 4,427 Plates Cut Lengths 18,927 20,891 27,155 27,389 Plates In Coils 11,788 8,108 15,375 10,553 Rails Standard 198 155 991 206 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,694 41,771 54,446 41,420 Bars - Light Shaped 1,518 930 1,380 950 Bars - Cold Finished 5,940 7,130 6,148 7,729 Tool Steel 11,423 24,815 12,099 23,032 Standard Pipe 1,471 1,702 737 1,085 Oil Country Goods 26,397 38,320 22,545 26,895 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,599 2,506 18,185 16,282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,675 7,131 31 33 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,308 12,459 10,144 12,219 Pressure Tubing 2,709 4,336 2,288 3,967 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 310 1,172 243 1,029 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,766 2,306 1,561 2,319 Pipe For Piling 0 0 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,836 10,723 8,495 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,785 8,642 15,964 10,114 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,693 14,475 19,069 13,604 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,169 12,315 28,439 19,101 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,084 2,054 2,624 2,246 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,382 8,649 7,608 6,706 Strip - Hot Rolled 480 237 811 452 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,479 4,726 2,334 5,368 ______________________________________________________________ October 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,662 290,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,192 1,641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,740 29,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,133 4,467 Plates Cut Lengths 28,029 28,195 Plates In Coils 16,747 11,814 Rails Standard 786 387 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,091 42,717 Bars - Light Shaped 1,432 982 Bars - Cold Finished 6,273 7,890 Tool Steel 13,014 24,486 Standard Pipe 737 1,085 Oil Country Goods 23,626 27,964 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,185 16,282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31 33 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,493 12,887 Pressure Tubing 2,756 4,804 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,077 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,562 2,322 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 8,644 11,372 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,428 12,599 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,225 13,723 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,486 19,139 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,624 2,246 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,861 6,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 837 481 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,383 5,521 ______________________________________________________________ November 2003 October 2003 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 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 November 2004 (CB-04-213)