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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 395,723 588,788 383,240 573,314 Ingots And Steel For Castings 404 592 312 577 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 27,053 31,669 38,375 39,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,109 10,365 1,468 1,291 Plates Cut Lengths 33,979 66,918 49,209 90,640 Plates In Coils 23,577 18,288 9,114 7,671 Rails Standard 1,687 1,654 3,157 3,378 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,674 59,758 55,995 60,933 Bars - Light Shaped 508 422 487 402 Bars - Cold Finished 12,205 20,727 5,791 12,473 Tool Steel 15,027 43,900 13,998 43,870 Standard Pipe 682 2,175 2,655 7,331 Oil Country Goods 45,367 78,338 62,347 97,203 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 73,645 109,733 56,686 79,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 695 1,587 2,108 4,189 Line Pipe - Not Specified 88 121 12 29 Mechanical Tubing 13,070 29,687 12,807 29,329 Pressure Tubing 2,656 13,472 1,799 9,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 599 2,696 582 2,881 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,660 6,235 2,423 5,552 Pipe For Piling 257 238 19 18 Wire Drawn 8,623 13,308 7,919 12,936 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,800 14,812 8,341 7,951 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,219 10,349 11,951 12,389 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,420 18,155 15,570 14,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,608 8,798 5,905 6,106 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,512 16,434 10,927 17,295 Strip - Hot Rolled 728 1,317 305 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,870 7,042 2,980 5,446 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 430,728 537,744 361,085 485,658 Ingots And Steel For Castings 757 1,714 650 1,218 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,472 69,122 26,378 23,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,314 3,638 5,707 4,952 Plates Cut Lengths 27,270 41,633 35,928 52,227 Plates In Coils 6,162 4,203 5,511 3,760 Rails Standard 2,410 2,290 4,775 3,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,080 55,012 59,785 56,811 Bars - Light Shaped 499 390 276 228 Bars - Cold Finished 11,768 17,134 6,281 14,216 Tool Steel 14,073 34,457 13,032 34,577 Standard Pipe 1,300 3,190 1,637 4,057 Oil Country Goods 40,040 82,597 51,861 88,375 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,250 88,533 44,825 59,792 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 152 383 49 102 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3 3 17 105 Mechanical Tubing 11,092 21,914 13,093 25,289 Pressure Tubing 2,380 12,625 3,103 12,128 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 374 2,298 442 1,785 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,882 6,516 4,611 6,743 Pipe For Piling 57 48 33 28 Wire Drawn 8,073 11,947 7,396 11,151 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,963 17,084 17,065 13,671 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,264 16,606 24,127 21,505 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,580 14,441 14,561 11,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,864 4,734 7,277 8,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,091 15,693 8,648 17,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 632 359 689 430 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,922 9,178 3,327 7,225 -------------------------------------------------------------- April Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,466,360 2,160,347 1,453,660 1,866,927 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,106 2,102 3,808 6,870 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 151,794 161,185 242,643 178,190 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,748 24,847 23,142 18,691 Plates Cut Lengths 137,761 263,336 103,454 160,289 Plates In Coils 50,604 39,638 28,925 19,251 Rails Standard 7,755 7,818 8,454 6,854 Bars - Hot Rolled 221,677 234,835 216,656 206,356 Bars - Light Shaped 2,180 1,902 1,698 1,267 Bars - Cold Finished 31,140 59,452 36,074 66,657 Tool Steel 57,090 164,107 48,727 130,032 Standard Pipe 5,130 14,929 5,699 14,785 Oil Country Goods 187,541 301,195 182,376 328,494 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 238,712 347,379 149,985 209,569 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,715 15,775 564 920 Line Pipe - Not Specified 210 300 195 310 Mechanical Tubing 44,479 102,619 46,941 89,074 Pressure Tubing 14,993 64,962 9,396 40,500 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,058 9,388 1,324 6,279 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,066 21,740 13,727 22,913 Pipe For Piling 343 318 1,028 923 Wire Drawn 31,689 49,430 28,486 42,594 Sheets Hot Rolled 45,624 40,929 77,107 63,993 Sheets Cold Rolled 43,061 44,904 83,619 79,056 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 71,904 66,312 67,788 53,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,115 27,964 23,042 25,956 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 37,315 63,304 32,825 63,383 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,600 3,158 1,969 1,167 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,949 26,520 14,008 28,746 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.