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 September 2005 August 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 312,439 309,038 306,131 347,667 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,469 1,302 2,445 2,013 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,235 29,901 28,201 23,514 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,587 3,966 14,610 6,970 Plates Cut Lengths 25,023 30,444 24,799 33,424 Plates In Coils 21,009 12,734 6,428 4,369 Rails Standard 1,692 448 441 361 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,623 41,664 67,743 47,813 Bars - Light Shaped 2,159 1,310 3,017 1,794 Bars - Cold Finished 11,977 14,422 7,249 10,757 Tool Steel 13,928 34,336 16,749 43,558 Standard Pipe 879 2,858 1,796 3,444 Oil Country Goods 19,440 32,510 32,036 53,846 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,730 13,696 12,032 13,089 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 114 267 153 295 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129 370 338 705 Mechanical Tubing 10,336 18,115 10,770 18,234 Pressure Tubing 1,612 4,190 2,747 7,362 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 580 1,580 315 1,460 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,684 1,463 3,066 Pipe For Piling 359 335 319 310 Wire Drawn 6,406 8,823 8,500 12,116 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,164 11,505 14,187 11,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,109 9,275 17,525 15,102 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,567 14,511 19,650 13,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,174 5,776 4,198 3,729 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,758 6,831 5,393 8,680 Strip - Hot Rolled 354 441 351 174 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,221 5,745 2,677 6,833 ______________________________________________________________ August 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 313,739 355,282 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,453 2,044 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 29,513 23,572 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,610 6,970 Plates Cut Lengths 24,799 33,424 Plates In Coils 6,428 4,369 Rails Standard 441 361 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,909 48,042 Bars - Light Shaped 3,017 1,794 Bars - Cold Finished 7,268 10,789 Tool Steel 17,087 44,298 Standard Pipe 1,825 3,499 Oil Country Goods 37,265 59,611 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,032 13,089 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 398 466 Line Pipe - Not Specified 338 705 Mechanical Tubing 10,880 18,396 Pressure Tubing 2,767 7,441 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 319 1,499 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,466 3,141 Pipe For Piling 319 310 Wire Drawn 8,595 12,264 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,187 11,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,525 15,102 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,650 13,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,198 3,729 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,401 8,688 Strip - Hot Rolled 351 174 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,700 6,858 ______________________________________________________________ September 2004 August 2004 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 0 0 0 0 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 0 0 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 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 September 2005 (CB-05-150)