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 January 2005 December 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,679 322,395 383,368 360,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,524 1,414 2,214 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,973 31,884 104,513 59,686 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,132 8,388 7,206 5,173 Plates Cut Lengths 19,221 24,285 36,542 48,713 Plates In Coils 16,833 14,547 7,781 5,780 Rails Standard 994 495 224 133 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,710 55,423 64,617 56,461 Bars - Light Shaped 776 486 1,459 885 Bars - Cold Finished 12,178 11,829 9,776 14,993 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 21,029 34,309 Standard Pipe 682 1,607 1,828 3,144 Oil Country Goods 31,057 46,646 24,136 31,642 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,026 2,147 1,053 1,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13 9 29 21 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,504 15,705 13,166 17,842 Pressure Tubing 2,387 4,473 2,813 4,891 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 313 1,107 391 1,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 3,160 1,503 2,424 Pipe For Piling 20 13 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,516 12,811 9,541 12,003 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,843 13,203 19,191 12,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,552 11,975 25,971 19,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,565 15,088 17,282 11,552 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,649 2,570 3,270 2,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 5,202 5,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 593 292 898 297 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,479 5,669 1,733 5,828 ______________________________________________________________ January 2004 December 2003 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,242 176,761 222,480 143,941 Ingots And Steel For Castings 489 272 386 199 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,998 21,380 21,668 8,143 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,656 1,977 8,701 3,767 Plates Cut Lengths 21,253 11,895 15,049 8,976 Plates In Coils 4,946 2,045 9,188 3,910 Rails Standard 541 350 0 0 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,491 29,644 61,559 29,057 Bars - Light Shaped 1,461 656 781 353 Bars - Cold Finished 3,503 4,502 4,004 4,049 Tool Steel 11,018 15,696 13,745 20,343 Standard Pipe 866 1,162 1,042 1,131 Oil Country Goods 23,177 24,862 14,559 10,533 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,505 7,337 11 5 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,930 1,774 427 641 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,064 7,710 7,696 8,619 Pressure Tubing 2,034 3,555 1,349 2,382 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 290 1,147 209 852 Structural Pipe & Tube 894 1,689 1,116 1,941 Pipe For Piling 81 43 17 8 Wire Drawn 8,685 8,424 7,514 7,910 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,070 6,019 17,900 8,077 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,185 6,176 9,158 5,274 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,297 8,748 18,017 8,697 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,100 1,890 2,383 2,154 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,894 3,940 2,651 2,232 Strip - Hot Rolled 469 264 208 99 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,347 3,608 3,143 4,587 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.