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 February 2005 January 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 311,374 304,854 297,213 299,536 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,189 2,881 1,551 2,951 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 71,530 43,223 42,749 30,185 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,724 5,747 14,113 8,377 Plates Cut Lengths 31,413 41,499 18,497 23,510 Plates In Coils 6,472 5,022 11,799 9,535 Rails Standard 4,566 2,806 974 484 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,698 46,955 63,886 50,688 Bars - Light Shaped 751 460 713 447 Bars - Cold Finished 8,889 11,307 5,712 7,768 Tool Steel 14,646 32,245 15,814 29,454 Standard Pipe 684 1,442 686 1,584 Oil Country Goods 17,780 24,159 27,337 43,463 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 60 556 2,004 2,015 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6 21 8 5 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,665 15,334 10,381 15,464 Pressure Tubing 2,482 4,954 2,355 4,434 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 987 266 1,096 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,941 2,519 1,565 3,050 Pipe For Piling 501 413 14 13 Wire Drawn 7,862 10,425 9,120 12,304 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,598 6,588 17,989 12,597 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,452 15,458 15,172 11,635 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,605 13,558 23,189 14,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,896 2,724 2,593 2,525 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,124 8,212 5,856 5,691 Strip - Hot Rolled 952 536 593 292 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,687 4,826 2,278 5,165 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,679 322,395 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,524 1,414 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,973 31,884 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,132 8,388 Plates Cut Lengths 19,221 24,285 Plates In Coils 16,833 14,547 Rails Standard 994 495 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,710 55,423 Bars - Light Shaped 776 486 Bars - Cold Finished 12,178 11,829 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 Standard Pipe 682 1,607 Oil Country Goods 31,057 46,646 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,026 2,147 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13 9 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,504 15,705 Pressure Tubing 2,387 4,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 313 1,107 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 3,160 Pipe For Piling 20 13 Wire Drawn 9,516 12,811 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,843 13,203 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,552 11,975 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,565 15,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,649 2,570 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 593 292 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,479 5,669 ______________________________________________________________ February 2004 January 2004 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 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 February 2005 (CB-05-41)