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 April 2005 March 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 436,119 423,520 364,778 368,328 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,035 1,953 1,440 1,271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 128,705 77,999 85,567 54,290 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,101 6,722 6,730 5,306 Plates Cut Lengths 30,864 40,904 27,530 32,888 Plates In Coils 10,443 7,288 6,710 5,087 Rails Standard 2,375 1,738 4,686 2,773 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,926 55,652 57,088 48,038 Bars - Light Shaped 1,858 1,100 2,133 1,307 Bars - Cold Finished 11,494 16,227 10,467 11,320 Tool Steel 16,745 39,932 15,478 35,533 Standard Pipe 1,309 2,328 1,247 2,713 Oil Country Goods 36,318 53,970 26,581 40,536 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,539 21,190 18,808 24,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 34 46 85 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,959 14,079 10,725 16,846 Pressure Tubing 3,420 7,006 3,072 6,265 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 256 1,418 274 1,243 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,444 2,618 1,372 2,907 Pipe For Piling 217 219 153 165 Wire Drawn 8,105 11,674 9,338 12,587 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,851 13,011 20,652 14,846 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,100 10,312 18,540 15,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,556 16,389 21,133 14,879 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,059 3,819 4,866 4,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,424 9,296 6,492 6,587 Strip - Hot Rolled 964 535 727 356 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,031 6,105 2,923 6,157 ______________________________________________________________ March 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,672 384,750 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,440 1,271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,150 59,800 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,730 5,306 Plates Cut Lengths 31,653 38,539 Plates In Coils 6,943 5,249 Rails Standard 4,703 2,783 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,813 50,681 Bars - Light Shaped 2,133 1,307 Bars - Cold Finished 10,467 11,320 Tool Steel 15,546 35,644 Standard Pipe 1,247 2,713 Oil Country Goods 28,367 42,449 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,808 24,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 85 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 10,749 16,892 Pressure Tubing 3,072 6,265 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,245 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,390 2,917 Pipe For Piling 153 165 Wire Drawn 9,459 12,751 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,681 14,869 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,540 15,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,151 14,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,866 4,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,603 6,710 Strip - Hot Rolled 727 356 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,930 6,182 ______________________________________________________________ April 2004 March 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 280,736 207,742 317,181 209,466 Ingots And Steel For Castings 816 569 519 319 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,334 13,880 56,408 21,589 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,543 3,227 3,922 2,197 Plates Cut Lengths 19,695 14,564 22,855 15,880 Plates In Coils 10,847 5,501 6,336 3,079 Rails Standard 2,969 2,065 3,509 1,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,458 44,307 90,897 42,649 Bars - Light Shaped 792 505 1,388 859 Bars - Cold Finished 6,967 8,579 3,140 3,448 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 507 658 552 828 Oil Country Goods 23,490 23,591 21,412 23,869 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,451 9,279 16,190 9,577 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 58 98 89 91 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,876 8,892 6,325 6,956 Pressure Tubing 2,445 3,199 1,526 2,410 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 200 803 326 1,263 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,152 2,439 1,438 2,992 Pipe For Piling 23 16 172 107 Wire Drawn 8,715 9,957 9,093 9,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,072 7,537 14,919 8,491 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,030 5,642 10,789 8,002 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,821 10,027 18,166 10,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,318 2,893 4,812 4,029 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 956 520 750 433 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,641 4,745 2,877 5,147 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 April 2005 (CB-05-69)