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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 329,233 365,462 413,484 441,586 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,036 3,274 2,774 2,437 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,671 33,176 79,817 58,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,427 5,132 10,430 7,038 Plates Cut Lengths 36,072 43,478 29,412 42,726 Plates In Coils 11,689 8,228 9,927 6,749 Rails Standard 1,000 746 5,420 3,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,109 61,557 65,194 54,529 Bars - Light Shaped 1,631 1,019 1,078 678 Bars - Cold Finished 8,759 11,752 20,802 24,527 Tool Steel 16,183 42,634 14,871 36,259 Standard Pipe 2,136 4,808 1,569 3,186 Oil Country Goods 27,984 43,040 32,452 47,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,465 15,731 27,064 35,038 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 530 567 93 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,651 20,019 9,541 15,956 Pressure Tubing 3,246 9,700 2,682 7,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 250 983 258 1,033 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,060 2,458 2,037 4,250 Pipe For Piling 9 9 208 207 Wire Drawn 8,080 11,472 9,605 13,806 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,432 9,982 22,855 17,552 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,619 8,410 22,517 18,281 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,614 8,029 24,709 16,282 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,272 1,896 7,667 6,303 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,615 10,130 6,960 10,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 877 438 578 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,504 2,963 7,073 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 279,844 241,477 374,680 274,262 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,603 1,878 1,384 902 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,868 12,951 63,372 28,115 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,491 6,027 18,450 8,887 Plates Cut Lengths 28,038 22,801 26,665 20,678 Plates In Coils 13,372 9,700 8,499 5,205 Rails Standard 3,555 1,418 25,125 14,466 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,632 40,193 57,139 37,068 Bars - Light Shaped 1,278 759 512 318 Bars - Cold Finished 7,765 8,312 8,078 9,616 Tool Steel 13,470 23,406 14,827 23,006 Standard Pipe 1,026 1,724 786 1,063 Oil Country Goods 27,468 30,558 25,642 26,107 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,762 7,428 30,337 19,075 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 45 18 12 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,152 12,034 9,581 9,933 Pressure Tubing 2,367 4,728 3,601 4,975 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 470 1,438 358 1,068 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,130 2,141 1,780 3,064 Pipe For Piling 39 24 788 477 Wire Drawn 10,017 11,767 9,208 10,836 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,214 4,711 12,419 6,931 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,477 9,516 12,270 8,463 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,311 15,071 30,288 18,493 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,789 1,922 3,332 2,558 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,062 5,216 7,426 6,808 Strip - Hot Rolled 507 368 477 253 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,932 5,342 2,316 5,883 ______________________________________________________________ July Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,664,409 2,716,720 2,082,309 1,489,637 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,021 16,974 8,049 5,359 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 583,408 375,648 358,343 140,908 Structural Shapes Heavy 71,520 46,913 49,222 27,084 Plates Cut Lengths 210,127 270,797 159,052 114,451 Plates In Coils 70,706 53,019 57,422 33,384 Rails Standard 24,746 16,334 39,418 22,097 Bars - Hot Rolled 478,333 390,569 441,481 254,181 Bars - Light Shaped 10,455 6,325 8,819 5,091 Bars - Cold Finished 92,108 109,554 36,664 42,076 Tool Steel 111,764 257,520 87,248 132,988 Standard Pipe 8,860 18,719 5,460 7,648 Oil Country Goods 222,845 330,495 154,910 165,098 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 103,503 129,188 136,637 82,969 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 827 891 2,215 2,117 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 75,470 120,709 56,028 61,584 Pressure Tubing 21,298 48,669 17,836 27,056 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,896 7,905 2,258 8,127 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,078 21,695 8,540 16,610 Pipe For Piling 1,186 1,106 1,484 904 Wire Drawn 61,090 85,100 62,346 69,027 Sheets Hot Rolled 117,153 86,561 79,599 43,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 114,906 93,143 70,895 48,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 148,120 99,027 155,938 89,052 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 29,128 26,428 22,108 18,470 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,276 57,484 41,464 35,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,083 2,710 3,627 2,123 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,425 42,946 15,242 33,787 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final July 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.