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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,368 360,136 295,003 301,639 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,214 1,800 2,540 2,161 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 104,513 59,686 21,961 17,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,206 5,173 15,668 10,772 Plates Cut Lengths 36,542 48,713 19,702 21,763 Plates In Coils 7,781 5,780 12,047 8,248 Rails Standard 224 133 233 155 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,617 56,461 51,917 45,554 Bars - Light Shaped 1,459 885 1,690 1,026 Bars - Cold Finished 9,776 14,993 8,452 13,181 Tool Steel 21,029 34,309 12,852 27,339 Standard Pipe 1,828 3,144 1,493 1,769 Oil Country Goods 24,136 31,642 36,055 47,892 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,053 1,021 2,627 2,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 21 8,717 7,159 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,166 17,842 11,553 14,947 Pressure Tubing 2,813 4,891 3,045 4,968 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,515 347 1,347 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,503 2,424 1,835 2,582 Pipe For Piling 0 0 589 477 Wire Drawn 9,541 12,003 9,145 11,126 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,191 12,735 17,405 12,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,971 19,115 19,006 15,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,282 11,552 21,103 13,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,270 2,877 2,444 2,419 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,202 5,296 10,237 9,684 Strip - Hot Rolled 898 297 658 325 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,733 5,828 1,678 5,049 ______________________________________________________________ 2003 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 222,480 143,941 284,435 175,189 Ingots And Steel For Castings 386 199 334 194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,668 8,143 75,869 22,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,701 3,767 5,764 2,046 Plates Cut Lengths 15,049 8,976 17,598 10,020 Plates In Coils 9,188 3,910 9,194 3,995 Rails Standard 0 0 245 144 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,559 29,057 55,864 25,340 Bars - Light Shaped 781 353 1,306 518 Bars - Cold Finished 4,004 4,049 3,574 3,274 Tool Steel 13,745 20,343 11,935 16,732 Standard Pipe 1,042 1,131 350 470 Oil Country Goods 14,559 10,533 28,173 30,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11 5 3,503 2,707 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 427 641 4,516 4,007 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,696 8,619 7,585 7,841 Pressure Tubing 1,349 2,382 2,309 3,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 209 852 355 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,116 1,941 1,126 1,869 Pipe For Piling 17 8 77 38 Wire Drawn 7,514 7,910 8,065 7,878 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,900 8,077 9,765 4,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,158 5,274 9,976 5,643 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,017 8,697 13,143 6,914 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,383 2,154 1,478 1,210 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,651 2,232 9,759 8,248 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 99 308 110 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,143 4,587 2,267 3,517 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2004 Final 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,737,124 2,993,238 3,218,350 1,983,750 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,429 12,937 14,382 7,947 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 641,204 289,182 736,230 220,091 Structural Shapes Heavy 95,367 57,763 108,154 40,091 Plates Cut Lengths 296,444 267,812 205,700 117,207 Plates In Coils 118,719 77,465 76,275 31,696 Rails Standard 42,089 23,170 7,227 4,409 Bars - Hot Rolled 733,524 488,741 629,782 302,858 Bars - Light Shaped 15,951 9,714 17,162 7,840 Bars - Cold Finished 72,294 92,828 52,870 45,395 Tool Steel 162,692 271,032 162,605 219,862 Standard Pipe 12,515 18,052 9,819 13,089 Oil Country Goods 290,651 338,084 226,680 234,389 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 191,830 130,282 58,554 35,630 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,053 9,386 35,873 29,075 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 114,315 133,697 94,864 107,606 Pressure Tubing 31,015 48,656 21,870 37,843 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,577 15,731 3,437 11,768 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,532 29,195 17,928 21,333 Pipe For Piling 2,099 1,400 2,108 1,297 Wire Drawn 107,290 125,979 93,984 94,067 Sheets Hot Rolled 170,567 101,583 119,991 57,509 Sheets Cold Rolled 167,338 120,977 118,050 73,453 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 270,642 161,249 271,042 140,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 38,753 32,823 30,183 25,360 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 78,641 70,424 73,008 56,745 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,071 3,880 5,850 3,010 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,523 61,195 24,721 44,162 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2004. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.