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 June 2005 May 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 402,630 426,157 432,633 441,939 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,238 1,928 4,091 3,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 79,447 58,247 113,922 70,486 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,430 7,038 14,966 8,700 Plates Cut Lengths 28,228 39,312 31,385 39,144 Plates In Coils 9,408 6,298 8,398 5,935 Rails Standard 7,702 3,758 5,685 4,003 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,366 53,906 69,324 58,182 Bars - Light Shaped 1,078 678 2,228 1,275 Bars - Cold Finished 16,887 20,975 12,406 15,100 Tool Steel 14,761 35,615 16,404 38,699 Standard Pipe 1,566 3,156 963 2,481 Oil Country Goods 31,485 45,797 36,156 60,633 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,025 34,989 25,597 30,590 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 0 0 46 46 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,878 15,061 12,115 21,253 Pressure Tubing 2,658 7,547 3,589 8,298 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 258 1,025 249 1,127 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,017 4,216 2,236 3,655 Pipe For Piling 208 207 78 81 Wire Drawn 9,522 13,714 8,337 11,971 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,293 14,521 13,736 11,214 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,478 18,247 16,005 13,267 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,531 16,184 20,834 14,551 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,667 6,303 4,704 4,512 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,960 10,053 6,275 6,125 Strip - Hot Rolled 586 599 393 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,954 6,781 2,515 6,570 ______________________________________________________________ May 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 437,509 446,593 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,091 3,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 113,922 70,412 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,976 8,581 Plates Cut Lengths 31,385 39,144 Plates In Coils 8,398 5,935 Rails Standard 5,685 4,003 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,324 58,182 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 1,275 Bars - Cold Finished 12,406 15,100 Tool Steel 16,990 39,337 Standard Pipe 1,187 2,521 Oil Country Goods 39,567 64,370 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,597 30,590 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46 46 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 12,259 21,381 Pressure Tubing 3,994 8,554 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 1,127 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,236 3,655 Pipe For Piling 78 81 Wire Drawn 8,337 11,971 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,736 11,214 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,005 13,267 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,834 14,551 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,721 4,561 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,275 6,125 Strip - Hot Rolled 393 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,593 6,570 ______________________________________________________________ June 2004 May 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,680 274,262 292,085 218,825 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,384 902 1,244 853 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,372 28,115 54,420 23,423 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,450 8,887 3,590 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 26,665 20,678 18,932 14,931 Plates In Coils 8,499 5,205 8,730 5,578 Rails Standard 25,125 14,466 1,918 1,030 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,139 37,068 47,269 30,510 Bars - Light Shaped 512 318 902 643 Bars - Cold Finished 8,078 9,616 4,586 4,731 Tool Steel 14,827 23,006 12,825 19,124 Standard Pipe 786 1,063 603 957 Oil Country Goods 25,642 26,107 23,589 26,679 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,337 19,075 31,966 19,478 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 18 12 42 60 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,581 9,933 8,578 9,290 Pressure Tubing 3,601 4,975 4,225 5,452 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 358 1,068 344 1,329 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,780 3,064 1,034 2,166 Pipe For Piling 788 477 315 195 Wire Drawn 9,208 10,836 8,886 10,563 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,419 6,931 11,240 6,140 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,270 8,463 9,126 5,847 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,288 18,493 27,025 14,836 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,332 2,558 2,552 2,376 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,426 6,808 6,165 5,564 Strip - Hot Rolled 477 253 147 91 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,316 5,883 1,833 4,743 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 June 2005 (CB-05-103)