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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 437,509 446,593 459,344 442,670 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,091 3,807 1,967 1,890 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 113,922 70,412 129,335 78,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,976 8,581 9,101 6,722 Plates Cut Lengths 31,385 39,144 30,911 40,941 Plates In Coils 8,398 5,935 10,443 7,288 Rails Standard 5,685 4,003 2,376 1,740 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,324 58,182 83,456 61,789 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 1,275 1,858 1,100 Bars - Cold Finished 12,406 15,100 16,764 20,817 Tool Steel 16,990 39,337 16,836 40,290 Standard Pipe 1,187 2,521 1,354 2,440 Oil Country Goods 39,567 64,370 42,865 59,847 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,597 30,590 16,539 21,190 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46 46 21 34 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 12,259 21,381 9,111 14,397 Pressure Tubing 3,994 8,554 3,433 7,096 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 1,127 293 1,420 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,236 3,655 1,506 2,709 Pipe For Piling 78 81 217 219 Wire Drawn 8,337 11,971 8,184 11,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,736 11,214 17,007 13,153 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,005 13,267 13,221 10,429 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,834 14,551 26,581 16,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,721 4,561 4,059 3,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,275 6,125 7,905 9,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 393 233 964 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,593 6,570 3,036 6,123 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 292,085 218,825 280,736 207,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,244 853 816 569 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,420 23,423 33,334 13,880 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,590 2,237 5,543 3,227 Plates Cut Lengths 18,932 14,931 19,695 14,564 Plates In Coils 8,730 5,578 10,847 5,501 Rails Standard 1,918 1,030 2,969 2,065 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,269 30,510 76,458 44,307 Bars - Light Shaped 902 643 792 505 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 4,731 6,967 8,579 Tool Steel 12,825 19,124 12,266 18,521 Standard Pipe 603 957 507 658 Oil Country Goods 23,589 26,679 23,490 23,591 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,966 19,478 15,451 9,279 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42 60 58 98 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,578 9,290 7,876 8,892 Pressure Tubing 4,225 5,452 2,445 3,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 344 1,329 200 803 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,034 2,166 1,152 2,439 Pipe For Piling 315 195 23 16 Wire Drawn 8,886 10,563 8,715 9,957 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,240 6,140 14,072 7,537 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,126 5,847 8,030 5,642 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,025 14,836 16,821 10,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,552 2,376 3,318 2,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,165 5,564 6,290 5,727 Strip - Hot Rolled 147 91 956 520 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,833 4,743 1,641 4,745 ______________________________________________________________ May Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,921,693 1,909,672 1,427,786 973,898 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,212 11,263 4,062 2,579 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 452,920 284,086 274,103 99,842 Structural Shapes Heavy 52,663 34,744 21,281 12,170 Plates Cut Lengths 144,643 184,592 104,349 70,972 Plates In Coils 49,090 38,041 35,551 18,479 Rails Standard 18,325 11,830 10,738 6,213 Bars - Hot Rolled 339,030 274,483 326,710 176,920 Bars - Light Shaped 7,746 4,628 7,028 4,014 Bars - Cold Finished 62,548 73,276 20,822 24,149 Tool Steel 80,710 178,628 58,951 86,575 Standard Pipe 5,154 10,724 3,648 4,861 Oil Country Goods 162,409 240,022 101,801 108,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 62,974 78,419 93,539 56,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 203 216 2,149 2,060 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 54,277 84,734 36,295 39,617 Pressure Tubing 15,370 31,351 11,868 17,353 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,388 5,889 1,430 5,621 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,981 14,987 5,630 11,405 Pipe For Piling 969 891 657 403 Wire Drawn 43,404 59,822 43,121 46,424 Sheets Hot Rolled 79,866 59,027 58,966 31,696 Sheets Cold Rolled 82,770 66,452 46,148 30,250 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 111,797 74,716 101,339 55,489 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 19,190 18,229 15,986 13,990 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 35,700 37,301 27,977 23,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,629 1,953 2,642 1,502 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,725 29,370 10,995 22,562 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.