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 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 297,213 299,536 326,799 325,437 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,551 2,951 2,214 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,749 30,185 60,698 36,588 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,113 8,377 7,206 5,173 Plates Cut Lengths 18,497 23,510 35,225 48,660 Plates In Coils 11,799 9,535 7,499 5,545 Rails Standard 974 484 490 133 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,886 50,688 63,714 55,570 Bars - Light Shaped 713 447 1,437 872 Bars - Cold Finished 5,712 7,768 7,740 14,990 Tool Steel 15,814 29,454 20,451 33,377 Standard Pipe 686 1,584 1,609 2,934 Oil Country Goods 27,337 43,463 20,503 26,052 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,004 2,015 1,053 1,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8 5 29 21 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,381 15,464 13,159 17,835 Pressure Tubing 2,355 4,434 2,736 4,584 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 266 1,096 340 1,308 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,565 3,050 1,503 2,424 Pipe For Piling 14 13 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,120 12,304 9,492 11,898 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,989 12,597 16,474 10,703 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,172 11,635 24,947 18,542 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,189 14,805 17,264 11,525 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,593 2,525 3,270 2,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,856 5,691 5,165 5,259 Strip - Hot Rolled 593 292 880 275 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,278 5,165 1,703 5,470 ______________________________________________________________ December 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,368 360,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,214 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 104,513 59,686 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,206 5,173 Plates Cut Lengths 36,542 48,713 Plates In Coils 7,781 5,780 Rails Standard 224 133 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,617 56,461 Bars - Light Shaped 1,459 885 Bars - Cold Finished 9,776 14,993 Tool Steel 21,029 34,309 Standard Pipe 1,828 3,144 Oil Country Goods 24,136 31,642 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,053 1,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 21 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,166 17,842 Pressure Tubing 2,813 4,891 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,503 2,424 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,541 12,003 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,191 12,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,971 19,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,282 11,552 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,270 2,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,202 5,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 898 297 Strip - Cold Rolled 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 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 January 2005 (CB-05-23)