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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,233 638,805 414,624 646,524 Ingots And Steel For Castings 86 160 334 608 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,662 37,868 51,939 65,120 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,324 4,984 8,690 9,904 Plates Cut Lengths 30,673 66,679 44,054 83,419 Plates In Coils 4,776 5,759 8,995 9,691 Rails Standard 2,026 1,484 501 535 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,732 93,195 77,128 87,210 Bars - Light Shaped 646 735 1,039 1,092 Bars - Cold Finished 7,618 16,671 7,479 16,472 Tool Steel 12,294 42,258 11,703 40,947 Standard Pipe 2,040 6,877 2,907 9,027 Oil Country Goods 70,060 131,914 63,149 105,152 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,591 60,891 46,647 76,923 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,728 4,215 899 1,526 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 137 356 Mechanical Tubing 14,432 33,243 13,987 31,332 Pressure Tubing 3,108 21,238 2,247 10,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,652 264 1,833 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,277 6,778 3,613 7,551 Pipe For Piling 71 97 66 77 Wire Drawn 8,158 15,579 6,583 12,950 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,929 17,119 16,198 17,131 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,072 12,390 10,969 12,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,085 22,994 20,445 18,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,200 5,908 4,476 6,631 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,859 18,974 7,268 13,361 Strip - Hot Rolled 363 880 564 1,016 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,076 8,264 2,342 5,461 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,703 491,349 418,719 524,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 702 985 1,908 3,107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,310 27,218 66,998 47,549 Structural Shapes Heavy 946 753 6,129 5,308 Plates Cut Lengths 37,703 53,246 41,665 58,697 Plates In Coils 16,827 12,465 11,871 8,272 Rails Standard 1,183 950 8,081 5,454 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,416 54,363 53,464 54,507 Bars - Light Shaped 147 130 1,648 1,972 Bars - Cold Finished 4,542 9,609 7,966 15,270 Tool Steel 11,731 31,905 10,087 29,065 Standard Pipe 1,067 4,354 2,533 7,570 Oil Country Goods 49,785 76,980 36,574 55,551 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,459 90,218 55,591 72,203 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 68 680 5,200 8,929 Line Pipe - Not Specified 731 711 2,101 1,616 Mechanical Tubing 11,387 22,768 14,785 31,124 Pressure Tubing 2,550 8,764 3,684 12,948 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 265 1,567 384 2,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,759 8,157 3,127 6,341 Pipe For Piling 90 84 111 107 Wire Drawn 8,707 13,164 7,882 11,355 Sheets Hot Rolled 23,804 21,260 24,420 21,070 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,829 17,126 23,088 21,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,501 7,949 9,344 8,633 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,509 7,952 5,434 6,059 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,217 11,375 11,503 20,598 Strip - Hot Rolled 288 344 486 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,178 6,274 2,657 6,639 -------------------------------------------------------------- July Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,598,868 3,971,053 2,615,442 3,378,800 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,772 3,252 9,917 15,690 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 251,347 291,139 350,367 258,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 46,004 45,636 38,578 32,053 Plates Cut Lengths 248,053 482,890 213,267 323,077 Plates In Coils 82,524 72,336 67,540 46,523 Rails Standard 15,169 12,631 19,739 14,824 Bars - Hot Rolled 430,792 471,108 378,749 361,189 Bars - Light Shaped 4,650 4,530 3,922 3,768 Bars - Cold Finished 50,523 101,878 56,155 106,468 Tool Steel 93,843 288,145 82,871 224,490 Standard Pipe 11,797 35,406 10,840 30,485 Oil Country Goods 365,376 618,066 329,863 548,812 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 373,760 562,188 335,178 458,566 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 12,168 24,266 6,013 11,246 Line Pipe - Not Specified 395 706 3,027 2,637 Mechanical Tubing 83,576 192,963 86,940 172,454 Pressure Tubing 23,126 109,260 18,872 74,902 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,337 16,014 2,437 12,721 Structural Pipe & Tube 20,712 44,183 21,895 42,762 Pipe For Piling 563 580 1,477 1,332 Wire Drawn 54,333 91,868 52,426 77,951 Sheets Hot Rolled 89,452 88,078 148,077 125,750 Sheets Cold Rolled 79,332 83,576 148,796 139,052 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 134,944 125,187 99,160 81,937 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 36,684 45,792 42,806 46,646 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 61,780 106,901 60,670 112,503 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,960 5,878 2,985 2,201 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,894 46,595 22,876 49,991 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final July 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.