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 March 2005 February 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 364,778 368,328 311,374 304,854 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,440 1,271 3,189 2,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,567 54,290 71,530 43,223 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,730 5,306 7,724 5,747 Plates Cut Lengths 27,530 32,888 31,413 41,499 Plates In Coils 6,710 5,087 6,472 5,022 Rails Standard 4,686 2,773 4,566 2,806 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,088 48,038 56,698 46,955 Bars - Light Shaped 2,133 1,307 751 460 Bars - Cold Finished 10,467 11,320 8,889 11,307 Tool Steel 15,478 35,533 14,646 32,245 Standard Pipe 1,247 2,713 684 1,442 Oil Country Goods 26,581 40,536 17,780 24,159 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,808 24,466 60 556 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46 85 6 21 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,725 16,846 10,665 15,334 Pressure Tubing 3,072 6,265 2,482 4,954 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 274 1,243 201 987 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,372 2,907 1,941 2,519 Pipe For Piling 153 165 501 413 Wire Drawn 9,338 12,587 7,862 10,425 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,652 14,846 9,598 6,588 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,540 15,323 19,452 15,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,133 14,879 19,605 13,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,866 4,554 2,896 2,724 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,492 6,587 8,124 8,212 Strip - Hot Rolled 727 356 952 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,923 6,157 2,687 4,826 ______________________________________________________________ February 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 319,489 313,265 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,189 2,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 71,540 43,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,724 5,747 Plates Cut Lengths 31,474 41,683 Plates In Coils 6,472 5,022 Rails Standard 4,567 2,808 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,726 48,410 Bars - Light Shaped 751 460 Bars - Cold Finished 10,733 14,209 Tool Steel 14,826 32,631 Standard Pipe 684 1,442 Oil Country Goods 20,553 26,710 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4 25 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 55 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 11,655 16,360 Pressure Tubing 2,483 4,963 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 252 989 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,949 2,545 Pipe For Piling 501 413 Wire Drawn 7,908 10,494 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,598 6,588 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,452 15,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,666 13,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,896 2,724 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,191 8,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 952 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,687 4,826 ______________________________________________________________ March 2004 February 2004 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 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 March 2005 (CB-05-54)