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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,665 327,849 313,739 355,282 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,942 1,781 2,453 2,044 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,317 29,965 29,513 23,572 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,727 4,054 14,610 6,970 Plates Cut Lengths 28,031 34,717 24,799 33,424 Plates In Coils 21,009 12,734 6,428 4,369 Rails Standard 533 269 441 361 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,763 43,393 67,909 48,042 Bars - Light Shaped 2,289 1,386 3,017 1,794 Bars - Cold Finished 12,012 14,490 7,268 10,789 Tool Steel 14,156 34,922 17,087 44,298 Standard Pipe 1,260 3,930 1,825 3,499 Oil Country Goods 21,716 38,350 37,265 59,611 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,730 13,696 12,032 13,089 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 137 267 398 466 Line Pipe - Not Specified 136 392 338 705 Mechanical Tubing 11,838 21,671 10,880 18,396 Pressure Tubing 1,624 4,224 2,767 7,441 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,450 319 1,499 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,684 1,466 3,141 Pipe For Piling 359 335 319 310 Wire Drawn 6,655 9,165 8,595 12,264 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,200 11,554 14,187 11,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,147 9,326 17,525 15,102 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,693 14,605 19,650 13,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,174 5,776 4,198 3,729 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,240 7,381 5,401 8,688 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 441 351 174 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 5,889 2,700 6,858 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,540 283,935 321,244 266,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,429 1,233 1,004 743 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,163 19,741 51,484 21,056 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,435 4,674 8,704 5,593 Plates Cut Lengths 31,801 33,179 21,317 21,511 Plates In Coils 15,547 11,700 9,176 6,538 Rails Standard 180 82 1,247 316 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,234 47,236 61,184 42,593 Bars - Light Shaped 1,408 853 1,143 878 Bars - Cold Finished 7,191 9,176 3,936 5,513 Tool Steel 13,321 23,858 15,229 28,052 Standard Pipe 1,181 1,801 1,816 2,604 Oil Country Goods 28,026 35,061 23,897 30,428 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,315 18,740 12,012 8,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45 41 16 15 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,297 13,513 11,778 12,925 Pressure Tubing 1,587 2,619 2,977 4,319 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 513 1,530 721 2,134 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,875 2,512 2,216 2,747 Pipe For Piling 26 19 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 8,573 10,908 9,040 11,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,600 9,087 20,343 11,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,589 10,428 18,651 13,873 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,306 11,085 28,527 16,814 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,400 2,949 4,908 3,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,937 6,430 6,940 6,141 Strip - Hot Rolled 517 341 533 312 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,043 5,139 2,444 5,871 ______________________________________________________________ September Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,299,814 3,399,852 2,725,093 2,040,489 Ingots And Steel For Castings 23,416 20,799 10,483 7,335 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 668,238 429,186 459,990 181,706 Structural Shapes Heavy 92,856 57,936 65,361 37,351 Plates Cut Lengths 262,956 338,938 212,171 169,141 Plates In Coils 98,143 70,121 82,145 51,623 Rails Standard 25,720 16,964 40,846 22,495 Bars - Hot Rolled 605,005 482,003 560,899 344,010 Bars - Light Shaped 15,762 9,506 11,369 6,821 Bars - Cold Finished 111,389 134,833 47,792 56,765 Tool Steel 143,008 336,740 115,797 184,898 Standard Pipe 11,944 26,147 8,457 12,054 Oil Country Goods 281,826 428,457 206,833 230,587 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 128,264 155,973 169,965 110,445 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,361 1,624 2,277 2,173 Line Pipe - Not Specified 552 1,388 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 98,188 160,775 79,103 88,021 Pressure Tubing 25,688 60,334 22,401 33,993 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,558 10,853 3,493 11,791 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,349 26,520 12,631 21,868 Pipe For Piling 1,863 1,751 1,510 923 Wire Drawn 76,340 106,529 79,959 91,478 Sheets Hot Rolled 147,540 109,263 114,542 64,227 Sheets Cold Rolled 142,578 117,571 103,135 72,530 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 189,464 127,135 203,771 116,951 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,500 35,932 30,416 25,280 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 59,916 73,553 55,341 48,447 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,968 3,326 4,677 2,777 Strip - Cold Rolled 24,421 55,694 19,729 44,797 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.