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 May 2005 April 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 432,633 441,939 436,119 423,520 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,091 3,807 2,035 1,953 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 113,922 70,486 128,705 77,999 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,966 8,700 9,101 6,722 Plates Cut Lengths 31,385 39,144 30,864 40,904 Plates In Coils 8,398 5,935 10,443 7,288 Rails Standard 5,685 4,003 2,375 1,738 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,324 58,182 73,926 55,652 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 1,275 1,858 1,100 Bars - Cold Finished 12,406 15,100 11,494 16,227 Tool Steel 16,404 38,699 16,745 39,932 Standard Pipe 963 2,481 1,309 2,328 Oil Country Goods 36,156 60,633 36,318 53,970 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 12,115 21,253 8,959 14,079 Pressure Tubing 3,589 8,298 3,420 7,006 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 1,127 256 1,418 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,236 3,655 1,444 2,618 Pipe For Piling 78 81 217 219 Wire Drawn 8,337 11,971 8,105 11,674 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,736 11,214 16,851 13,011 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,005 13,267 13,100 10,312 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,834 14,551 26,556 16,389 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,704 4,512 4,059 3,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,275 6,125 7,424 9,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 393 233 964 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,515 6,570 3,031 6,105 ______________________________________________________________ April 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,344 442,670 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,967 1,890 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 129,335 78,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,101 6,722 Plates Cut Lengths 30,911 40,941 Plates In Coils 10,443 7,288 Rails Standard 2,376 1,740 Bars - Hot Rolled 83,456 61,789 Bars - Light Shaped 1,858 1,100 Bars - Cold Finished 16,764 20,817 Tool Steel 16,836 40,290 Standard Pipe 1,354 2,440 Oil Country Goods 42,865 59,847 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,539 21,190 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 34 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,111 14,397 Pressure Tubing 3,433 7,096 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 293 1,420 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,506 2,709 Pipe For Piling 217 219 Wire Drawn 8,184 11,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,007 13,153 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,221 10,429 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,581 16,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,059 3,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,905 9,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 964 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,036 6,123 ______________________________________________________________ May 2004 April 2004 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 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 May 2005 (CB-05-89)