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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 353,185 398,906 316,037 381,000 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,063 1,019 3,982 3,513 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,063 37,170 19,553 13,158 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,051 8,038 15,340 7,718 Plates Cut Lengths 27,533 41,398 28,094 39,156 Plates In Coils 16,254 9,279 8,984 5,513 Rails Standard 1,085 699 3,536 2,435 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,877 44,856 54,594 45,130 Bars - Light Shaped 3,058 1,823 2,406 1,419 Bars - Cold Finished 5,777 10,393 7,439 12,841 Tool Steel 16,172 39,477 16,273 45,304 Standard Pipe 2,616 5,011 906 2,889 Oil Country Goods 37,426 71,358 41,016 70,949 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,466 22,678 17,963 18,560 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 161 272 94 171 Line Pipe - Not Specified 390 758 152 344 Mechanical Tubing 12,829 25,070 11,613 21,108 Pressure Tubing 2,066 6,121 2,941 7,742 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 459 1,787 681 2,569 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,761 2,759 1,991 3,226 Pipe For Piling 33 32 48 47 Wire Drawn 6,211 9,461 7,919 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,849 12,015 24,816 19,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,809 12,515 14,499 12,114 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,629 13,172 19,903 13,712 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,524 4,847 2,053 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,259 10,051 5,825 11,195 Strip - Hot Rolled 616 396 555 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,150 6,452 2,863 6,634 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,368 360,136 295,003 301,639 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,214 1,800 2,540 2,161 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 104,513 59,686 21,961 17,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,206 5,173 15,668 10,772 Plates Cut Lengths 36,542 48,713 19,702 21,763 Plates In Coils 7,781 5,780 12,047 8,248 Rails Standard 224 133 233 155 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,617 56,461 51,917 45,554 Bars - Light Shaped 1,459 885 1,690 1,026 Bars - Cold Finished 9,776 14,993 8,452 13,181 Tool Steel 21,029 34,309 12,852 27,339 Standard Pipe 1,828 3,144 1,493 1,769 Oil Country Goods 24,136 31,642 36,055 47,892 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,053 1,021 2,627 2,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 21 8,717 7,159 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,166 17,842 11,553 14,947 Pressure Tubing 2,813 4,891 3,045 4,968 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,515 347 1,347 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,503 2,424 1,835 2,582 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 589 477 Wire Drawn 9,541 12,003 9,145 11,126 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,191 12,735 17,405 12,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,971 19,115 19,006 15,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,282 11,552 21,103 13,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,270 2,877 2,444 2,419 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,202 5,296 10,237 9,684 Strip - Hot Rolled 898 297 658 325 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,733 5,828 1,678 5,049 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,295,770 4,541,753 3,737,124 2,993,238 Ingots And Steel For Castings 32,027 28,524 17,429 12,937 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 800,206 510,933 641,204 289,182 Structural Shapes Heavy 130,494 79,971 95,367 57,763 Plates Cut Lengths 352,128 467,601 296,444 267,812 Plates In Coils 138,302 93,790 118,719 77,465 Rails Standard 31,794 21,320 42,089 23,170 Bars - Hot Rolled 774,089 619,206 733,524 488,741 Bars - Light Shaped 23,426 14,068 15,951 9,714 Bars - Cold Finished 138,558 174,932 72,294 92,828 Tool Steel 191,679 466,244 162,692 271,032 Standard Pipe 16,442 36,655 12,515 18,052 Oil Country Goods 390,239 617,522 290,651 338,084 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 180,381 210,216 191,830 130,282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,701 2,246 11,053 9,386 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,342 3,037 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 134,296 226,162 114,315 133,697 Pressure Tubing 31,830 77,225 31,015 48,656 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,037 16,637 4,577 15,731 Structural Pipe & Tube 19,711 35,613 17,532 29,195 Pipe For Piling 2,567 2,411 2,099 1,400 Wire Drawn 97,894 137,395 107,290 125,979 Sheets Hot Rolled 202,108 152,137 170,567 101,583 Sheets Cold Rolled 183,430 152,304 167,338 120,977 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 247,432 166,877 270,642 161,249 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 53,135 47,518 38,753 32,823 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 74,916 100,436 78,641 70,424 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,215 4,627 7,071 3,880 Strip - Cold Rolled 33,394 76,146 25,523 61,195 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.