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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 313,739 355,282 329,233 365,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,453 2,044 4,036 3,274 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 29,513 23,572 50,671 33,176 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,610 6,970 8,427 5,132 Plates Cut Lengths 24,799 33,424 36,072 43,478 Plates In Coils 6,428 4,369 11,689 8,228 Rails Standard 441 361 1,000 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,909 48,042 74,109 61,557 Bars - Light Shaped 3,017 1,794 1,631 1,019 Bars - Cold Finished 7,268 10,789 8,759 11,752 Tool Steel 17,087 44,298 16,183 42,634 Standard Pipe 1,825 3,499 2,136 4,808 Oil Country Goods 37,265 59,611 27,984 43,040 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,032 13,089 13,465 15,731 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 398 466 530 567 Line Pipe - Not Specified 338 705 78 291 Mechanical Tubing 10,880 18,396 11,651 20,019 Pressure Tubing 2,767 7,441 3,246 9,700 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 319 1,499 250 983 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,466 3,141 1,060 2,458 Pipe For Piling 319 310 9 9 Wire Drawn 8,595 12,264 8,080 11,472 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,187 11,147 14,432 9,982 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,525 15,102 9,619 8,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,650 13,503 11,614 8,029 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,198 3,729 2,272 1,896 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,401 8,688 6,615 10,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 351 174 877 438 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,700 6,858 2,737 6,504 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,244 266,916 279,844 241,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,004 743 2,603 1,878 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,484 21,056 20,868 12,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,704 5,593 9,491 6,027 Plates Cut Lengths 21,317 21,511 28,038 22,801 Plates In Coils 9,176 6,538 13,372 9,700 Rails Standard 1,247 316 3,555 1,418 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,184 42,593 57,632 40,193 Bars - Light Shaped 1,143 878 1,278 759 Bars - Cold Finished 3,936 5,513 7,765 8,312 Tool Steel 15,229 28,052 13,470 23,406 Standard Pipe 1,816 2,604 1,026 1,724 Oil Country Goods 23,897 30,428 27,468 30,558 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,012 8,736 12,762 7,428 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 16 15 49 45 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,778 12,925 10,152 12,034 Pressure Tubing 2,977 4,319 2,367 4,728 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 721 2,134 470 1,438 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,216 2,747 1,130 2,141 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 39 24 Wire Drawn 9,040 11,543 10,017 11,767 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,343 11,802 8,214 4,711 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,651 13,873 12,477 9,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,527 16,814 24,311 15,071 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,908 3,861 2,789 1,922 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,940 6,141 6,062 5,216 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 312 507 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,444 5,871 1,932 5,342 ______________________________________________________________ August Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,978,148 3,072,002 2,403,553 1,756,554 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21,474 19,018 9,054 6,102 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 612,921 399,220 409,827 161,965 Structural Shapes Heavy 86,129 53,883 57,926 32,677 Plates Cut Lengths 234,926 304,221 180,370 135,962 Plates In Coils 77,134 57,388 66,598 39,923 Rails Standard 25,187 16,695 40,666 22,413 Bars - Hot Rolled 546,242 438,610 502,665 296,774 Bars - Light Shaped 13,473 8,119 9,961 5,968 Bars - Cold Finished 99,377 120,343 40,601 47,589 Tool Steel 128,851 301,818 102,477 161,039 Standard Pipe 10,684 22,217 7,276 10,252 Oil Country Goods 260,110 390,106 178,808 195,526 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 115,535 142,277 148,650 91,705 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,224 1,357 2,231 2,132 Line Pipe - Not Specified 416 996 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 86,350 139,104 67,806 74,508 Pressure Tubing 24,065 56,111 20,814 31,375 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,215 9,404 2,980 10,261 Structural Pipe & Tube 13,544 24,836 10,756 19,356 Pipe For Piling 1,505 1,416 1,484 904 Wire Drawn 69,685 97,364 71,386 80,570 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,339 97,709 99,942 55,140 Sheets Cold Rolled 132,431 108,245 89,546 62,103 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 167,770 112,529 184,465 105,866 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,326 30,157 27,015 22,331 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 54,676 66,172 48,405 42,017 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,434 2,884 4,160 2,436 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,125 49,805 17,686 39,658 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.