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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 316,037 381,000 326,734 361,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,982 3,513 3,566 3,192 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,553 13,158 48,353 31,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,340 7,718 11,246 6,279 Plates Cut Lengths 28,094 39,156 33,544 48,109 Plates In Coils 8,984 5,513 14,920 8,876 Rails Standard 3,536 2,435 1,453 1,222 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,594 45,130 56,613 47,217 Bars - Light Shaped 2,406 1,419 2,200 1,320 Bars - Cold Finished 7,439 12,841 13,953 16,865 Tool Steel 16,273 45,304 16,226 44,723 Standard Pipe 906 2,889 976 2,608 Oil Country Goods 41,016 70,949 29,971 46,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,963 18,560 12,687 13,006 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 94 171 86 179 Line Pipe - Not Specified 152 344 248 547 Mechanical Tubing 11,613 21,108 11,666 19,209 Pressure Tubing 2,941 7,742 1,135 3,029 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 681 2,569 338 1,427 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,991 3,226 1,610 3,108 Pipe For Piling 48 47 623 582 Wire Drawn 7,919 11,153 7,424 10,252 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,816 19,617 14,904 11,243 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,499 12,114 11,545 10,105 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,903 13,712 18,437 12,858 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,053 2,415 5,058 4,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,825 11,195 3,916 5,636 Strip - Hot Rolled 555 368 1,076 538 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 6,634 2,960 7,367 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 295,003 301,639 333,662 290,974 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,540 2,161 2,192 1,641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,961 17,925 54,740 29,865 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,668 10,772 7,133 4,467 Plates Cut Lengths 19,702 21,763 28,029 28,195 Plates In Coils 12,047 8,248 16,747 11,814 Rails Standard 233 155 786 387 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,917 45,554 56,091 42,717 Bars - Light Shaped 1,690 1,026 1,432 982 Bars - Cold Finished 8,452 13,181 6,273 7,890 Tool Steel 12,852 27,339 13,014 24,486 Standard Pipe 1,493 1,769 737 1,085 Oil Country Goods 36,055 47,892 23,626 27,964 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,627 2,533 18,185 16,282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,717 7,159 31 33 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,553 14,947 10,493 12,887 Pressure Tubing 3,045 4,968 2,756 4,804 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 347 1,347 347 1,077 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,835 2,582 1,562 2,322 Pipe For Piling 589 477 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 9,145 11,126 8,644 11,372 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,405 12,021 19,428 12,599 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,006 15,609 19,225 13,723 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,103 13,608 28,486 19,139 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,444 2,419 2,624 2,246 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,237 9,684 7,861 6,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 658 325 837 481 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,678 5,049 2,383 5,521 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,942,585 4,142,847 3,353,757 2,633,102 Ingots And Steel For Castings 30,964 27,505 15,215 11,137 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 736,143 473,763 536,691 229,496 Structural Shapes Heavy 119,443 71,933 88,161 52,590 Plates Cut Lengths 324,595 426,203 259,902 219,099 Plates In Coils 122,047 84,511 110,939 71,685 Rails Standard 30,709 20,621 41,865 23,037 Bars - Hot Rolled 716,212 574,350 668,907 432,280 Bars - Light Shaped 20,368 12,245 14,492 8,828 Bars - Cold Finished 132,781 164,539 62,517 77,835 Tool Steel 175,507 426,767 141,663 236,723 Standard Pipe 13,825 31,644 10,686 14,908 Oil Country Goods 352,812 546,163 266,515 306,442 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 158,915 187,539 190,777 129,261 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,541 1,974 11,024 9,365 Line Pipe - Not Specified 952 2,280 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 121,467 201,092 101,149 115,856 Pressure Tubing 29,764 71,105 28,202 43,765 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,578 14,850 4,187 14,216 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,950 32,854 16,028 26,771 Pipe For Piling 2,534 2,379 2,099 1,400 Wire Drawn 91,683 127,934 97,749 113,976 Sheets Hot Rolled 187,259 140,122 151,375 88,848 Sheets Cold Rolled 168,621 139,790 141,366 101,862 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 227,804 153,705 253,360 149,698 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 47,611 42,671 35,484 29,946 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,657 90,385 73,439 65,128 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,599 4,231 6,172 3,583 Strip - Cold Rolled 30,244 69,695 23,791 55,367 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.