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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,928 609,477 369,424 593,246 Ingots And Steel For Castings 417 623 268 753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,797 45,913 18,197 29,412 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,507 5,101 6,639 8,289 Plates Cut Lengths 27,055 53,181 35,882 73,883 Plates In Coils 7,348 9,032 8,967 9,121 Rails Standard 2,670 1,814 549 722 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,738 83,979 114,335 127,770 Bars - Light Shaped 713 909 431 531 Bars - Cold Finished 5,829 14,192 4,747 11,910 Tool Steel 11,770 36,713 9,804 31,467 Standard Pipe 2,343 6,453 1,080 3,243 Oil Country Goods 83,240 163,942 66,419 123,515 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,171 33,596 16,694 33,391 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,237 2,355 1,141 2,367 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9 16 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,147 34,644 9,367 23,758 Pressure Tubing 1,590 6,675 1,973 10,264 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 454 2,150 404 2,523 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,970 8,195 3,410 7,320 Pipe For Piling 28 38 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,534 13,755 7,141 14,855 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,856 16,636 13,518 14,409 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,839 16,644 15,045 18,543 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,752 20,529 14,482 13,732 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,189 8,751 5,677 7,622 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,955 17,275 9,675 15,505 Strip - Hot Rolled 331 770 303 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,439 5,596 3,276 7,711 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 276,163 367,920 346,054 456,380 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 479 1,352 1,829 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,654 7,715 39,770 36,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,296 4,756 10,969 8,385 Plates Cut Lengths 37,010 49,622 31,102 54,123 Plates In Coils 9,245 6,378 11,438 8,113 Rails Standard 317 246 7,105 5,593 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,402 51,329 51,722 50,585 Bars - Light Shaped 449 369 768 588 Bars - Cold Finished 4,533 10,799 8,828 13,874 Tool Steel 9,379 26,824 10,526 30,720 Standard Pipe 729 2,398 2,511 6,343 Oil Country Goods 33,756 52,559 37,536 54,567 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,682 44,907 39,772 57,475 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 282 700 122 332 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149 163 8 10 Mechanical Tubing 7,578 18,358 10,918 23,367 Pressure Tubing 1,919 7,687 2,827 10,721 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 484 2,704 201 1,110 Structural Pipe & Tube 922 3,183 3,786 7,658 Pipe For Piling 115 111 90 92 Wire Drawn 6,550 10,402 7,714 11,572 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,131 18,186 17,737 16,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,030 12,508 13,907 12,979 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,980 12,143 14,893 13,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,182 6,459 8,646 8,472 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,991 10,291 8,595 14,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 101 135 100 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 6,510 3,113 7,257 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,334,220 5,173,776 3,237,659 4,203,100 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,457 4,628 11,669 17,998 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 304,341 366,464 400,791 302,754 Structural Shapes Heavy 57,150 59,027 54,843 45,194 Plates Cut Lengths 310,990 609,953 281,379 426,822 Plates In Coils 98,840 90,490 88,223 61,014 Rails Standard 18,387 15,167 27,160 20,662 Bars - Hot Rolled 613,866 682,857 484,873 463,103 Bars - Light Shaped 5,794 5,970 5,139 4,725 Bars - Cold Finished 61,099 127,979 69,515 131,141 Tool Steel 115,416 356,325 102,775 282,033 Standard Pipe 15,220 45,102 14,080 39,226 Oil Country Goods 515,035 905,523 401,155 655,938 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 410,625 629,176 404,632 560,948 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 14,546 28,988 6,417 12,277 Line Pipe - Not Specified 404 722 3,185 2,810 Mechanical Tubing 107,089 251,366 105,437 214,179 Pressure Tubing 26,690 126,199 23,617 93,311 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,194 20,686 3,122 16,534 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,092 59,697 26,603 53,603 Pipe For Piling 591 617 1,682 1,535 Wire Drawn 68,008 120,479 66,690 99,926 Sheets Hot Rolled 116,826 119,122 186,945 160,090 Sheets Cold Rolled 109,216 118,763 175,733 164,539 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 170,178 159,448 127,033 107,711 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 48,550 62,166 57,634 61,577 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,410 139,681 75,256 137,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,595 7,279 3,186 2,413 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,609 59,902 28,884 63,758 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.