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 July 2005 June 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 313,290 355,068 402,630 426,157 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,020 3,239 2,238 1,928 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,450 32,824 79,447 58,247 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,427 5,132 10,430 7,038 Plates Cut Lengths 30,061 39,583 28,228 39,312 Plates In Coils 11,689 8,228 9,408 6,298 Rails Standard 1,000 746 7,702 3,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,510 58,888 64,366 53,906 Bars - Light Shaped 1,631 1,019 1,078 678 Bars - Cold Finished 8,744 11,711 16,887 20,975 Tool Steel 16,015 42,269 14,761 35,615 Standard Pipe 2,068 4,663 1,566 3,156 Oil Country Goods 27,498 42,727 31,485 45,797 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,465 15,731 27,025 34,989 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 50 85 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 76 291 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,092 18,228 8,878 15,061 Pressure Tubing 3,195 9,686 2,658 7,547 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 189 983 258 1,025 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,060 2,458 2,017 4,216 Pipe For Piling 7 9 208 207 Wire Drawn 7,891 11,223 9,522 13,714 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,422 9,968 19,293 14,521 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,619 8,410 22,478 18,247 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,614 8,029 24,531 16,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,268 1,892 7,667 6,303 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,615 10,130 6,960 10,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 877 438 586 599 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,735 6,479 2,954 6,781 ______________________________________________________________ June 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,484 441,586 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,437 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 79,817 58,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,430 7,038 Plates Cut Lengths 29,412 42,726 Plates In Coils 9,927 6,749 Rails Standard 5,420 3,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 65,194 54,529 Bars - Light Shaped 1,078 678 Bars - Cold Finished 20,802 24,527 Tool Steel 14,871 36,259 Standard Pipe 1,569 3,186 Oil Country Goods 32,452 47,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,064 35,038 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,541 15,956 Pressure Tubing 2,682 7,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 258 1,033 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,037 4,250 Pipe For Piling 208 207 Wire Drawn 9,605 13,806 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,855 17,552 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,517 18,281 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,709 16,282 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,667 6,303 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,960 10,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 578 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,963 7,073 ______________________________________________________________ July 2004 June 2004 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 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 July 2005 (CB-05-123)