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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,240 573,314 335,141 495,919 Ingots And Steel For Castings 312 577 162 139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,375 39,434 55,429 57,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,468 1,291 6,327 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 49,209 90,640 28,892 59,130 Plates In Coils 9,114 7,671 4,904 3,617 Rails Standard 3,157 3,378 2,561 2,387 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,995 60,933 49,872 50,280 Bars - Light Shaped 487 402 716 591 Bars - Cold Finished 5,791 12,473 4,953 10,413 Tool Steel 13,998 43,870 12,528 35,679 Standard Pipe 2,655 7,331 650 2,010 Oil Country Goods 62,347 97,203 31,453 51,175 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 56,686 79,483 54,969 81,136 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,108 4,189 2,564 5,245 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12 29 44 47 Mechanical Tubing 12,807 29,329 7,734 17,558 Pressure Tubing 1,799 9,442 7,620 31,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 582 2,881 598 2,635 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,423 5,552 2,978 4,303 Pipe For Piling 19 18 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,919 12,936 7,573 11,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,341 7,951 7,427 7,073 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,951 12,389 8,817 9,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,570 14,471 22,537 20,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,905 6,106 4,889 5,559 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,927 17,295 5,276 12,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 593 305 468 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,980 5,446 3,362 7,363 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,085 485,658 307,829 399,180 Ingots And Steel For Castings 650 1,218 739 1,007 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,378 23,042 48,728 35,566 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,707 4,952 8,279 6,680 Plates Cut Lengths 35,928 52,227 20,048 33,555 Plates In Coils 5,511 3,760 11,386 7,041 Rails Standard 4,775 3,677 112 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,785 56,811 42,671 41,280 Bars - Light Shaped 276 228 541 364 Bars - Cold Finished 6,281 14,216 8,620 16,596 Tool Steel 13,032 34,577 10,537 28,515 Standard Pipe 1,637 4,057 1,223 3,685 Oil Country Goods 51,861 88,375 43,459 80,585 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 44,825 59,792 22,195 34,124 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 102 363 435 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 105 75 93 Mechanical Tubing 13,093 25,289 9,209 16,789 Pressure Tubing 3,103 12,128 1,622 5,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 442 1,785 157 860 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,611 6,743 1,559 3,306 Pipe For Piling 33 28 54 51 Wire Drawn 7,396 11,151 5,935 8,914 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,065 13,671 14,529 11,452 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,127 21,505 22,380 21,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,561 11,924 13,371 10,774 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,277 8,895 7,943 8,008 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,648 17,746 8,940 15,947 Strip - Hot Rolled 689 430 199 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,327 7,225 2,957 5,807 -------------------------------------------------------------- March Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,070,637 1,571,558 1,022,932 1,329,184 Ingots And Steel For Castings 702 1,510 3,050 5,156 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 124,741 129,516 143,171 109,068 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,639 14,482 18,827 15,053 Plates Cut Lengths 103,782 196,418 76,185 118,656 Plates In Coils 27,027 21,350 22,763 15,048 Rails Standard 6,068 6,163 6,043 4,563 Bars - Hot Rolled 166,002 175,077 158,576 151,345 Bars - Light Shaped 1,672 1,480 1,199 878 Bars - Cold Finished 18,935 38,725 24,306 49,523 Tool Steel 42,064 120,207 34,654 95,575 Standard Pipe 4,448 12,754 4,399 11,595 Oil Country Goods 142,175 222,857 142,336 245,897 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 165,067 237,646 84,734 121,036 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,019 14,188 412 537 Line Pipe - Not Specified 122 179 192 307 Mechanical Tubing 31,410 72,932 35,849 67,161 Pressure Tubing 12,337 51,490 7,016 27,874 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,459 6,692 950 3,981 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,406 15,506 9,845 16,397 Pipe For Piling 85 80 971 875 Wire Drawn 23,065 36,122 20,413 30,647 Sheets Hot Rolled 27,824 26,118 57,144 46,909 Sheets Cold Rolled 33,842 34,555 66,355 62,450 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 52,484 48,157 49,208 39,369 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 17,507 19,166 19,178 21,221 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 27,803 46,869 24,733 47,690 Strip - Hot Rolled 872 1,841 1,337 807 Strip - Cold Rolled 9,079 19,478 9,086 19,568 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.