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 December 2004 November 2004 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 326,799 325,437 262,376 263,997 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,214 1,800 2,394 2,197 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 60,698 36,588 19,866 15,594 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,206 5,173 15,487 10,654 Plates Cut Lengths 35,225 48,660 18,927 20,891 Plates In Coils 7,499 5,545 11,788 8,108 Rails Standard 490 133 198 155 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,714 55,570 49,694 41,771 Bars - Light Shaped 1,437 872 1,518 930 Bars - Cold Finished 7,740 14,990 5,940 7,130 Tool Steel 20,451 33,377 11,423 24,815 Standard Pipe 1,609 2,934 1,471 1,702 Oil Country Goods 20,503 26,052 26,397 38,320 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,053 1,021 2,599 2,506 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 21 8,675 7,131 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,159 17,835 9,308 12,459 Pressure Tubing 2,736 4,584 2,709 4,336 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,308 310 1,172 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,503 2,424 1,766 2,306 Pipe For Piling 0 0 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,492 11,898 8,836 10,723 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,474 10,703 12,785 8,642 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,947 18,542 17,693 14,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,264 11,525 19,169 12,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,270 2,877 2,084 2,054 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,165 5,259 9,382 8,649 Strip - Hot Rolled 880 275 480 237 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,703 5,470 1,479 4,726 ______________________________________________________________ November 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 295,003 301,639 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,540 2,161 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,961 17,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,668 10,772 Plates Cut Lengths 19,702 21,763 Plates In Coils 12,047 8,248 Rails Standard 233 155 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,917 45,554 Bars - Light Shaped 1,690 1,026 Bars - Cold Finished 8,452 13,181 Tool Steel 12,852 27,339 Standard Pipe 1,493 1,769 Oil Country Goods 36,055 47,892 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,627 2,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,717 7,159 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,553 14,947 Pressure Tubing 3,045 4,968 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,347 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,835 2,582 Pipe For Piling 589 477 Wire Drawn 9,145 11,126 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,405 12,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,006 15,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,103 13,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,444 2,419 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,237 9,684 Strip - Hot Rolled 658 325 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,678 5,049 ______________________________________________________________ December 2003 November 2003 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 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 (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2004 (CB-05-09)