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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,651 525,376 395,723 588,788 Ingots And Steel For Castings 247 382 404 592 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,952 26,967 27,053 31,669 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,242 5,901 11,109 10,365 Plates Cut Lengths 35,565 69,456 33,979 66,918 Plates In Coils 18,150 17,249 23,577 18,288 Rails Standard 4,887 2,794 1,687 1,654 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,256 55,869 55,674 59,758 Bars - Light Shaped 785 800 508 422 Bars - Cold Finished 4,286 9,283 12,205 20,727 Tool Steel 12,755 40,832 15,027 43,900 Standard Pipe 1,720 4,573 682 2,175 Oil Country Goods 44,625 79,805 45,367 78,338 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,810 76,996 73,645 109,733 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,826 2,750 695 1,587 Line Pipe - Not Specified 48 50 88 121 Mechanical Tubing 10,677 25,769 13,070 29,687 Pressure Tubing 2,778 12,834 2,656 13,472 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 667 3,141 599 2,696 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,755 8,114 2,660 6,235 Pipe For Piling 84 88 257 238 Wire Drawn 7,903 13,909 8,623 13,308 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,701 12,898 17,800 14,812 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,230 14,099 9,219 10,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,510 17,091 19,420 18,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,893 5,290 6,608 8,798 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,337 11,262 9,512 16,434 Strip - Hot Rolled 433 824 728 1,317 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,528 6,349 2,870 7,042 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 368,360 496,517 430,728 537,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,499 4,728 757 1,714 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,417 5,816 99,472 69,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,361 7,301 4,314 3,638 Plates Cut Lengths 30,444 50,845 27,270 41,633 Plates In Coils 9,917 6,535 6,162 4,203 Rails Standard 2,021 1,565 2,410 2,290 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,214 45,962 58,080 55,012 Bars - Light Shaped 428 399 499 390 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 14,932 11,768 17,134 Tool Steel 12,326 33,488 14,073 34,457 Standard Pipe 1,539 3,777 1,300 3,190 Oil Country Goods 61,127 87,787 40,040 82,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 64,144 86,576 65,250 88,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 181 717 152 383 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 3 3 Mechanical Tubing 13,827 29,487 11,092 21,914 Pressure Tubing 3,243 12,690 2,380 12,625 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 465 2,586 374 2,298 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,282 5,350 3,882 6,516 Pipe For Piling 249 218 57 48 Wire Drawn 7,350 10,838 8,073 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,747 19,427 19,963 17,084 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,259 21,632 17,264 16,606 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,528 11,545 18,580 14,441 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,820 6,680 3,864 4,734 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,126 17,148 8,091 15,693 Strip - Hot Rolled 242 156 632 359 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,033 8,332 4,922 9,178 -------------------------------------------------------------- May Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,800,011 2,685,723 1,822,020 2,363,444 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,353 2,484 7,307 11,598 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 170,746 188,151 249,060 184,006 Structural Shapes Heavy 32,990 30,748 31,503 25,992 Plates Cut Lengths 173,327 332,792 133,899 211,134 Plates In Coils 68,754 56,887 38,842 25,786 Rails Standard 12,642 10,612 10,474 8,419 Bars - Hot Rolled 270,933 290,703 268,870 252,318 Bars - Light Shaped 2,965 2,702 2,127 1,666 Bars - Cold Finished 35,426 68,736 43,646 81,589 Tool Steel 69,845 204,940 61,053 163,521 Standard Pipe 6,850 19,502 7,239 18,561 Oil Country Goods 232,167 381,000 243,503 416,282 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 289,522 424,375 214,128 296,145 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,541 18,524 745 1,636 Line Pipe - Not Specified 258 350 195 310 Mechanical Tubing 55,156 128,388 60,768 118,562 Pressure Tubing 17,771 77,796 12,638 53,190 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,725 12,529 1,789 8,865 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,822 29,854 16,009 28,263 Pipe For Piling 427 407 1,277 1,141 Wire Drawn 39,592 63,339 35,837 53,432 Sheets Hot Rolled 58,325 53,827 99,854 83,420 Sheets Cold Rolled 57,291 59,002 106,879 100,688 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 90,414 83,403 81,316 65,355 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 28,008 33,253 29,862 32,635 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 42,653 74,566 42,950 80,531 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,033 3,982 2,211 1,322 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,477 32,869 18,041 37,078 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.