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 2008 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 335,141 495,919 352,256 502,325 Ingots And Steel For Castings 162 139 228 793 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,429 57,742 30,937 32,340 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,327 5,797 7,844 7,394 Plates Cut Lengths 28,892 59,130 25,681 46,648 Plates In Coils 4,904 3,617 13,010 10,062 Rails Standard 2,561 2,387 350 399 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,872 50,280 60,135 63,863 Bars - Light Shaped 716 591 469 487 Bars - Cold Finished 4,953 10,413 8,191 15,839 Tool Steel 12,528 35,679 15,537 40,658 Standard Pipe 650 2,010 1,143 3,413 Oil Country Goods 31,453 51,175 48,375 74,479 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 54,969 81,136 53,412 77,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,564 5,245 1,347 4,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 44 47 65 103 Mechanical Tubing 7,734 17,558 10,869 26,044 Pressure Tubing 7,620 31,147 2,918 10,900 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 598 2,635 280 1,177 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,978 4,303 3,005 5,651 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 66 62 Wire Drawn 7,573 11,645 7,574 11,541 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,427 7,073 12,056 11,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,817 9,367 13,074 12,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,537 20,558 14,377 13,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,889 5,559 6,713 7,501 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,276 12,853 11,600 16,721 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 468 262 780 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,362 7,363 2,737 6,669 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 307,829 399,180 354,018 444,346 Ingots And Steel For Castings 739 1,007 1,661 2,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,728 35,566 68,065 50,460 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,279 6,680 4,841 3,421 Plates Cut Lengths 20,048 33,555 20,209 32,874 Plates In Coils 11,386 7,041 5,866 4,247 Rails Standard 112 106 1,155 780 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,671 41,280 56,120 53,253 Bars - Light Shaped 541 364 382 286 Bars - Cold Finished 8,620 16,596 9,405 18,712 Tool Steel 10,537 28,515 11,086 32,483 Standard Pipe 1,223 3,685 1,539 3,853 Oil Country Goods 43,459 80,585 47,016 76,937 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,195 34,124 17,714 27,120 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 363 435 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 75 93 100 109 Mechanical Tubing 9,209 16,789 13,547 25,083 Pressure Tubing 1,622 5,572 2,290 10,175 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 157 860 351 1,336 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,559 3,306 3,675 6,348 Pipe For Piling 54 51 884 795 Wire Drawn 5,935 8,914 7,082 10,582 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,529 11,452 25,550 21,786 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,380 21,949 19,848 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,371 10,774 21,275 16,671 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,943 8,008 3,959 4,317 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,940 15,947 7,146 13,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 199 117 449 261 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,957 5,807 2,801 6,536 -------------------------------------------------------------- February Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 687,397 998,244 661,847 843,526 Ingots And Steel For Castings 390 933 2,400 3,938 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 86,366 90,082 116,793 86,026 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,171 13,190 13,121 10,101 Plates Cut Lengths 54,573 105,779 40,257 66,429 Plates In Coils 17,914 13,679 17,252 11,288 Rails Standard 2,911 2,785 1,268 886 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,008 114,144 98,791 94,533 Bars - Light Shaped 1,185 1,078 922 650 Bars - Cold Finished 13,144 26,252 18,025 35,307 Tool Steel 28,066 76,337 21,623 60,998 Standard Pipe 1,793 5,423 2,762 7,538 Oil Country Goods 79,828 125,654 90,475 157,522 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 108,381 158,163 39,909 61,244 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,911 9,998 363 435 Line Pipe - Not Specified 109 150 175 202 Mechanical Tubing 18,603 43,602 22,756 41,872 Pressure Tubing 10,538 42,047 3,913 15,747 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 877 3,811 508 2,196 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,983 9,954 5,234 9,654 Pipe For Piling 66 62 938 846 Wire Drawn 15,147 23,186 13,017 19,496 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,483 18,167 40,079 33,238 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,891 22,165 42,228 40,945 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,915 33,687 34,646 27,445 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,601 13,059 11,902 12,326 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 16,876 29,575 16,086 29,944 Strip - Hot Rolled 567 1,248 648 378 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,099 14,033 5,758 12,343 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.