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 2005 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 319,489 313,265 321,679 322,395 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,189 2,881 1,524 1,414 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 71,540 43,244 42,973 31,884 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,724 5,747 14,132 8,388 Plates Cut Lengths 31,474 41,683 19,221 24,285 Plates In Coils 6,472 5,022 16,833 14,547 Rails Standard 4,567 2,808 994 495 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,726 48,410 67,710 55,423 Bars - Light Shaped 751 460 776 486 Bars - Cold Finished 10,733 14,209 12,178 11,829 Tool Steel 14,826 32,631 16,511 30,726 Standard Pipe 684 1,442 682 1,607 Oil Country Goods 20,553 26,710 31,057 46,646 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4 25 2,026 2,147 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 55 41 13 9 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,655 16,360 10,504 15,705 Pressure Tubing 2,483 4,963 2,387 4,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 252 989 313 1,107 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,949 2,545 1,900 3,160 Pipe For Piling 501 413 20 13 Wire Drawn 7,908 10,494 9,516 12,811 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,598 6,588 18,843 13,203 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,452 15,458 15,552 11,975 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,666 13,766 23,565 15,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,896 2,724 2,649 2,570 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,191 8,290 6,726 6,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 952 536 593 292 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,687 4,826 2,479 5,669 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 253,542 161,103 284,242 176,761 Ingots And Steel For Castings 993 567 489 272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 58,942 19,571 70,998 21,380 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,570 2,532 3,656 1,977 Plates Cut Lengths 21,613 13,701 21,253 11,895 Plates In Coils 4,692 2,277 4,946 2,045 Rails Standard 1,801 1,043 541 350 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,595 29,810 62,491 29,644 Bars - Light Shaped 2,485 1,351 1,461 656 Bars - Cold Finished 2,626 2,888 3,503 4,502 Tool Steel 10,203 14,545 11,018 15,696 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,255 866 1,162 Oil Country Goods 10,133 9,432 23,177 24,862 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,426 10,795 11,505 7,337 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 37 1,930 1,774 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,453 6,769 7,064 7,710 Pressure Tubing 1,638 2,738 2,034 3,555 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 270 1,079 290 1,147 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,112 2,120 894 1,689 Pipe For Piling 65 42 81 43 Wire Drawn 7,744 7,666 8,685 8,424 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,666 3,510 11,070 6,019 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,019 4,583 10,185 6,176 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,030 11,802 16,297 8,748 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,204 2,802 2,100 1,890 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,493 3,674 4,894 3,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 320 195 469 264 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 4,320 2,347 3,608 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 641,168 635,660 537,783 337,865 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,714 4,295 1,482 839 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 114,513 75,128 129,941 40,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,856 14,136 8,226 4,509 Plates Cut Lengths 50,695 65,968 42,866 25,597 Plates In Coils 23,305 19,570 9,637 4,322 Rails Standard 5,561 3,304 2,342 1,393 Bars - Hot Rolled 126,437 103,832 112,086 59,454 Bars - Light Shaped 1,527 945 3,946 2,006 Bars - Cold Finished 22,911 26,038 6,129 7,390 Tool Steel 31,337 63,357 21,221 30,241 Standard Pipe 1,366 3,049 1,987 2,417 Oil Country Goods 51,611 73,356 33,310 34,293 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,030 2,173 29,932 18,132 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 67 50 1,961 1,811 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 22,159 32,064 13,517 14,479 Pressure Tubing 4,870 9,436 3,672 6,293 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 565 2,096 560 2,226 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,849 5,706 2,006 3,808 Pipe For Piling 521 426 146 85 Wire Drawn 17,424 23,305 16,428 16,089 Sheets Hot Rolled 28,441 19,791 18,736 9,529 Sheets Cold Rolled 35,004 27,433 18,203 10,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 43,232 28,854 39,327 20,550 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,545 5,294 5,303 4,692 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,917 14,733 9,387 7,613 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,545 828 789 459 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,167 10,495 4,643 7,927 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2005 (revised May 11, 2005). For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.