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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 369,424 593,246 384,233 638,805 Ingots And Steel For Castings 268 753 86 160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,197 29,412 28,662 37,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,639 8,289 4,324 4,984 Plates Cut Lengths 35,882 73,883 30,673 66,679 Plates In Coils 8,967 9,121 4,776 5,759 Rails Standard 549 722 2,026 1,484 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,335 127,770 82,732 93,195 Bars - Light Shaped 431 531 646 735 Bars - Cold Finished 4,747 11,910 7,618 16,671 Tool Steel 9,804 31,467 12,294 42,258 Standard Pipe 1,080 3,243 2,040 6,877 Oil Country Goods 66,419 123,515 70,060 131,914 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,694 33,391 37,591 60,891 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,141 2,367 2,728 4,215 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,367 23,758 14,432 33,243 Pressure Tubing 1,973 10,264 3,108 21,238 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 404 2,523 348 1,652 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,410 7,320 2,277 6,778 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 71 97 Wire Drawn 7,141 14,855 8,158 15,579 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,518 14,409 14,929 17,119 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,045 18,543 11,072 12,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,482 13,732 24,085 22,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,677 7,622 4,200 5,908 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,675 15,505 11,859 18,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 303 631 363 880 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,276 7,711 3,076 8,264 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,054 456,380 374,703 491,349 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,352 1,829 702 985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,770 36,267 34,310 27,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,969 8,385 946 753 Plates Cut Lengths 31,102 54,123 37,703 53,246 Plates In Coils 11,438 8,113 16,827 12,465 Rails Standard 7,105 5,593 1,183 950 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,722 50,585 56,416 54,363 Bars - Light Shaped 768 588 147 130 Bars - Cold Finished 8,828 13,874 4,542 9,609 Tool Steel 10,526 30,720 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 2,511 6,343 1,067 4,354 Oil Country Goods 37,536 54,567 49,785 76,980 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,772 57,475 65,459 90,218 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 122 332 68 680 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 10 731 711 Mechanical Tubing 10,918 23,367 11,387 22,768 Pressure Tubing 2,827 10,721 2,550 8,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 1,110 265 1,567 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,786 7,658 2,759 8,157 Pipe For Piling 90 92 90 84 Wire Drawn 7,714 11,572 8,707 13,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,737 16,155 23,804 21,260 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,907 12,979 18,829 17,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,893 13,631 8,501 7,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,646 8,472 7,509 7,952 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,595 14,484 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 100 78 288 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,113 7,257 2,178 6,274 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,968,292 4,564,298 2,961,496 3,835,180 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,040 4,005 11,268 17,519 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 269,544 320,551 390,137 295,040 Structural Shapes Heavy 52,643 53,925 49,547 40,438 Plates Cut Lengths 283,936 556,773 244,369 377,200 Plates In Coils 91,492 81,458 78,978 54,636 Rails Standard 15,718 13,353 26,843 20,416 Bars - Hot Rolled 545,128 598,878 430,471 411,774 Bars - Light Shaped 5,081 5,061 4,690 4,356 Bars - Cold Finished 55,270 113,788 64,983 120,342 Tool Steel 103,647 319,612 93,396 255,210 Standard Pipe 12,877 38,649 13,351 36,828 Oil Country Goods 431,796 741,581 367,398 603,379 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 390,454 595,579 374,950 516,041 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13,309 26,632 6,135 11,577 Line Pipe - Not Specified 395 706 3,035 2,646 Mechanical Tubing 92,942 216,721 97,858 195,821 Pressure Tubing 25,099 119,524 21,699 85,624 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,741 18,536 2,638 13,831 Structural Pipe & Tube 24,122 51,502 25,681 50,420 Pipe For Piling 563 580 1,567 1,424 Wire Drawn 61,474 106,724 60,140 89,524 Sheets Hot Rolled 102,970 102,486 165,814 141,905 Sheets Cold Rolled 94,377 102,119 162,703 152,032 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 149,426 138,919 114,053 95,568 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 42,361 53,414 51,451 55,118 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 71,455 122,407 69,265 126,987 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,264 6,509 3,085 2,278 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,171 54,306 25,990 57,248 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.