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 October 2005 September 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 318,400 352,584 312,439 309,038 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,466 2,350 1,469 1,302 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,341 31,391 55,235 29,901 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,246 6,279 6,587 3,966 Plates Cut Lengths 33,450 48,029 25,023 30,444 Plates In Coils 14,920 8,876 21,009 12,734 Rails Standard 1,453 1,222 1,692 448 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,427 42,450 57,623 41,664 Bars - Light Shaped 2,200 1,320 2,159 1,310 Bars - Cold Finished 13,953 16,865 11,977 14,422 Tool Steel 16,029 44,113 13,928 34,336 Standard Pipe 899 2,406 879 2,858 Oil Country Goods 27,504 44,329 19,440 32,510 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,687 13,006 12,730 13,696 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 151 114 267 Line Pipe - Not Specified 731 982 129 370 Mechanical Tubing 11,174 18,620 10,336 18,115 Pressure Tubing 1,132 3,026 1,612 4,190 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 338 1,427 580 1,580 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,610 3,108 805 1,684 Pipe For Piling 623 582 359 335 Wire Drawn 7,365 10,150 6,406 8,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,813 11,115 16,164 11,505 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,545 10,105 10,109 9,275 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,437 12,858 21,567 14,511 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,058 4,324 7,174 5,776 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,892 5,597 4,758 6,831 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,076 538 354 441 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,960 7,367 2,221 5,745 ______________________________________________________________ September 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,665 327,849 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,942 1,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,317 29,965 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,727 4,054 Plates Cut Lengths 28,031 34,717 Plates In Coils 21,009 12,734 Rails Standard 533 269 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,763 43,393 Bars - Light Shaped 2,289 1,386 Bars - Cold Finished 12,012 14,490 Tool Steel 14,156 34,922 Standard Pipe 1,260 3,930 Oil Country Goods 21,716 38,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,730 13,696 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 137 267 Line Pipe - Not Specified 136 392 Mechanical Tubing 11,838 21,671 Pressure Tubing 1,624 4,224 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,450 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,684 Pipe For Piling 359 335 Wire Drawn 6,655 9,165 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,200 11,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,147 9,326 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,693 14,605 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,174 5,776 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,240 7,381 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 441 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 5,889 ______________________________________________________________ October 2004 September 2004 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 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 October 2005 (CB-05-167)