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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,672 384,750 319,489 313,265 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,440 1,271 3,189 2,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,150 59,800 71,540 43,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,730 5,306 7,724 5,747 Plates Cut Lengths 31,653 38,539 31,474 41,683 Plates In Coils 6,943 5,249 6,472 5,022 Rails Standard 4,703 2,783 4,567 2,808 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,813 50,681 58,726 48,410 Bars - Light Shaped 2,133 1,307 751 460 Bars - Cold Finished 10,467 11,320 10,733 14,209 Tool Steel 15,546 35,644 14,826 32,631 Standard Pipe 1,247 2,713 684 1,442 Oil Country Goods 28,367 42,449 20,553 26,710 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,808 24,466 4 25 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 85 55 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,749 16,892 11,655 16,360 Pressure Tubing 3,072 6,265 2,483 4,963 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,245 252 989 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,390 2,917 1,949 2,545 Pipe For Piling 153 165 501 413 Wire Drawn 9,459 12,751 7,908 10,494 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,681 14,869 9,598 6,588 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,540 15,323 19,452 15,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,151 14,905 19,666 13,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,866 4,554 2,896 2,724 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,603 6,710 8,191 8,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 727 356 952 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,930 6,182 2,687 4,826 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 317,181 209,466 253,542 161,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 519 319 993 567 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 56,408 21,589 58,942 19,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,922 2,197 4,570 2,532 Plates Cut Lengths 22,855 15,880 21,613 13,701 Plates In Coils 6,336 3,079 4,692 2,277 Rails Standard 3,509 1,725 1,801 1,043 Bars - Hot Rolled 90,897 42,649 49,595 29,810 Bars - Light Shaped 1,388 859 2,485 1,351 Bars - Cold Finished 3,140 3,448 2,626 2,888 Tool Steel 12,638 18,689 10,203 14,545 Standard Pipe 552 828 1,121 1,255 Oil Country Goods 21,412 23,869 10,133 9,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,190 9,577 18,426 10,795 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 89 91 30 37 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,325 6,956 6,453 6,769 Pressure Tubing 1,526 2,410 1,638 2,738 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 326 1,263 270 1,079 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,438 2,992 1,112 2,120 Pipe For Piling 172 107 65 42 Wire Drawn 9,093 9,815 7,744 7,666 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,919 8,491 7,666 3,510 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,789 8,002 8,019 4,583 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,166 10,076 23,030 11,802 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,812 4,029 3,204 2,802 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,134 4,949 4,493 3,674 Strip - Hot Rolled 750 433 320 195 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,877 5,147 2,296 4,320 ______________________________________________________________ March Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,024,840 1,020,409 854,965 547,331 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,154 5,566 2,001 1,157 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 209,664 134,929 186,349 62,540 Structural Shapes Heavy 28,586 19,441 12,148 6,706 Plates Cut Lengths 82,347 104,507 65,722 41,476 Plates In Coils 30,248 24,818 15,973 7,400 Rails Standard 10,265 6,087 5,851 3,118 Bars - Hot Rolled 186,250 154,513 202,983 102,103 Bars - Light Shaped 3,660 2,252 5,334 2,866 Bars - Cold Finished 33,377 37,358 9,269 10,838 Tool Steel 46,883 99,001 33,859 48,930 Standard Pipe 2,613 5,763 2,538 3,246 Oil Country Goods 79,978 115,805 54,721 58,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,838 26,639 46,122 27,709 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 136 135 2,049 1,902 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 32,908 48,956 19,842 21,434 Pressure Tubing 7,942 15,701 5,198 8,702 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 846 3,341 886 3,489 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,239 8,623 3,444 6,800 Pipe For Piling 674 591 318 192 Wire Drawn 26,883 36,056 25,521 25,904 Sheets Hot Rolled 49,122 34,660 33,655 18,020 Sheets Cold Rolled 53,545 42,755 28,992 18,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 64,382 43,759 57,493 30,626 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,410 9,848 10,116 8,721 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 21,520 21,443 15,521 12,562 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,273 1,184 1,539 892 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,097 16,677 7,520 13,074 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.