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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 326,734 361,995 321,665 327,849 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,566 3,192 1,942 1,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,353 31,419 55,317 29,965 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,246 6,279 6,727 4,054 Plates Cut Lengths 33,544 48,109 28,031 34,717 Plates In Coils 14,920 8,876 21,009 12,734 Rails Standard 1,453 1,222 533 269 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,613 47,217 58,763 43,393 Bars - Light Shaped 2,200 1,320 2,289 1,386 Bars - Cold Finished 13,953 16,865 12,012 14,490 Tool Steel 16,226 44,723 14,156 34,922 Standard Pipe 976 2,608 1,260 3,930 Oil Country Goods 29,971 46,758 21,716 38,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,687 13,006 12,730 13,696 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 86 179 137 267 Line Pipe - Not Specified 248 547 136 392 Mechanical Tubing 11,666 19,209 11,838 21,671 Pressure Tubing 1,135 3,029 1,624 4,224 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 338 1,427 343 1,450 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,610 3,108 805 1,684 Pipe For Piling 623 582 359 335 Wire Drawn 7,424 10,252 6,655 9,165 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,904 11,243 16,200 11,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,545 10,105 10,147 9,326 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,437 12,858 21,693 14,605 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,058 4,324 7,174 5,776 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,916 5,636 5,240 7,381 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,076 538 533 441 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,960 7,367 2,296 5,889 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,662 290,974 321,540 283,935 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,192 1,641 1,429 1,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,740 29,865 50,163 19,741 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,133 4,467 7,435 4,674 Plates Cut Lengths 28,029 28,195 31,801 33,179 Plates In Coils 16,747 11,814 15,547 11,700 Rails Standard 786 387 180 82 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,091 42,717 58,234 47,236 Bars - Light Shaped 1,432 982 1,408 853 Bars - Cold Finished 6,273 7,890 7,191 9,176 Tool Steel 13,014 24,486 13,321 23,858 Standard Pipe 737 1,085 1,181 1,801 Oil Country Goods 23,626 27,964 28,026 35,061 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,185 16,282 21,315 18,740 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31 33 45 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,493 12,887 11,297 13,513 Pressure Tubing 2,756 4,804 1,587 2,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,077 513 1,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,562 2,322 1,875 2,512 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 26 19 Wire Drawn 8,644 11,372 8,573 10,908 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,428 12,599 14,600 9,087 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,225 13,723 13,589 10,428 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,486 19,139 19,306 11,085 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,624 2,246 3,400 2,949 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,861 6,997 6,937 6,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 837 481 517 341 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,383 5,521 2,043 5,139 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,626,548 3,761,847 3,058,754 2,331,463 Ingots And Steel For Castings 26,983 23,991 12,675 8,976 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 716,590 460,604 514,730 211,571 Structural Shapes Heavy 104,103 64,215 72,493 41,818 Plates Cut Lengths 296,501 387,047 240,200 197,336 Plates In Coils 113,063 78,997 98,891 63,437 Rails Standard 27,174 18,186 41,632 22,882 Bars - Hot Rolled 661,618 529,220 616,990 386,726 Bars - Light Shaped 17,961 10,826 12,801 7,803 Bars - Cold Finished 125,342 151,698 54,065 64,655 Tool Steel 159,234 381,463 128,811 209,384 Standard Pipe 12,920 28,755 9,194 13,139 Oil Country Goods 311,796 475,214 230,460 258,550 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 140,952 168,979 188,150 126,728 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,447 1,803 2,307 2,206 Line Pipe - Not Specified 800 1,936 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 109,854 179,983 89,596 100,908 Pressure Tubing 26,824 63,363 25,157 38,797 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,896 12,281 3,840 12,869 Structural Pipe & Tube 15,959 29,628 14,193 24,190 Pipe For Piling 2,486 2,333 1,510 923 Wire Drawn 83,764 116,781 88,603 102,850 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,443 120,506 133,970 76,827 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,123 127,676 122,360 86,253 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 207,901 139,993 232,257 136,090 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 45,558 40,256 33,039 27,527 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 63,833 79,189 63,202 55,444 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,044 3,863 5,514 3,258 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,380 63,061 22,112 50,318 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.