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 November 2005 October 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 312,453 376,925 318,400 352,584 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,982 3,513 2,466 2,350 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,553 13,158 48,341 31,391 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,339 7,704 11,246 6,279 Plates Cut Lengths 28,094 39,156 33,450 48,029 Plates In Coils 8,984 5,513 14,920 8,876 Rails Standard 3,507 2,419 1,453 1,222 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,506 45,112 52,427 42,450 Bars - Light Shaped 2,406 1,419 2,200 1,320 Bars - Cold Finished 7,395 12,841 13,953 16,865 Tool Steel 16,033 44,838 16,029 44,113 Standard Pipe 824 2,725 899 2,406 Oil Country Goods 38,133 67,676 27,504 44,329 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,963 18,560 12,687 13,006 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 77 142 69 151 Line Pipe - Not Specified 152 344 731 982 Mechanical Tubing 11,582 21,062 11,174 18,620 Pressure Tubing 2,927 7,726 1,132 3,026 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 680 2,556 338 1,427 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,991 3,226 1,610 3,108 Pipe For Piling 35 47 623 582 Wire Drawn 7,919 11,153 7,365 10,150 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,816 19,617 14,813 11,115 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 1,982 2,415 5,058 4,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,753 11,176 3,892 5,597 Strip - Hot Rolled 555 368 1,076 538 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 6,634 2,960 7,367 ______________________________________________________________ October 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 326,734 361,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,566 3,192 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,353 31,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,246 6,279 Plates Cut Lengths 33,544 48,109 Plates In Coils 14,920 8,876 Rails Standard 1,453 1,222 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,613 47,217 Bars - Light Shaped 2,200 1,320 Bars - Cold Finished 13,953 16,865 Tool Steel 16,226 44,723 Standard Pipe 976 2,608 Oil Country Goods 29,971 46,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,687 13,006 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 86 179 Line Pipe - Not Specified 248 547 Mechanical Tubing 11,666 19,209 Pressure Tubing 1,135 3,029 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 338 1,427 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,610 3,108 Pipe For Piling 623 582 Wire Drawn 7,424 10,252 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,904 11,243 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,545 10,105 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,437 12,858 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,058 4,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,916 5,636 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,076 538 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,960 7,367 ______________________________________________________________ November 2004 October 2004 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 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 November 2005 (CB-05-181)