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 August 2005 July 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 306,131 347,667 313,290 355,068 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,445 2,013 4,020 3,239 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,201 23,514 50,450 32,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,610 6,970 8,427 5,132 Plates Cut Lengths 24,799 33,424 30,061 39,583 Plates In Coils 6,428 4,369 11,689 8,228 Rails Standard 441 361 1,000 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,743 47,813 67,510 58,888 Bars - Light Shaped 3,017 1,794 1,631 1,019 Bars - Cold Finished 7,249 10,757 8,744 11,711 Tool Steel 16,749 43,558 16,015 42,269 Standard Pipe 1,796 3,444 2,068 4,663 Oil Country Goods 32,036 53,846 27,498 42,727 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,032 13,089 13,465 15,731 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 153 295 50 85 Line Pipe - Not Specified 338 705 76 291 Mechanical Tubing 10,770 18,234 10,092 18,228 Pressure Tubing 2,747 7,362 3,195 9,686 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 315 1,460 189 983 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,463 3,066 1,060 2,458 Pipe For Piling 319 310 7 9 Wire Drawn 8,500 12,116 7,891 11,223 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,187 11,147 14,422 9,968 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 2,268 1,892 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,393 8,680 6,615 10,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 351 174 877 438 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,677 6,833 2,735 6,479 ______________________________________________________________ July 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 329,233 365,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,036 3,274 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,671 33,176 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,427 5,132 Plates Cut Lengths 36,072 43,478 Plates In Coils 11,689 8,228 Rails Standard 1,000 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,109 61,557 Bars - Light Shaped 1,631 1,019 Bars - Cold Finished 8,759 11,752 Tool Steel 16,183 42,634 Standard Pipe 2,136 4,808 Oil Country Goods 27,984 43,040 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,465 15,731 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 530 567 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 Mechanical Tubing 11,651 20,019 Pressure Tubing 3,246 9,700 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 250 983 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,060 2,458 Pipe For Piling 9 9 Wire Drawn 8,080 11,472 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,432 9,982 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,619 8,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,614 8,029 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,272 1,896 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,615 10,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 877 438 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,504 ______________________________________________________________ August 2004 July 2004 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 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 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 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 August 2005 (CB-05-135)