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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,091 798,198 365,928 609,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 576 1,428 417 623 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 53,003 71,819 34,797 45,913 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,264 9,457 4,507 5,101 Plates Cut Lengths 29,195 70,367 27,055 53,181 Plates In Coils 25,804 26,360 7,348 9,032 Rails Standard 2,595 2,264 2,670 1,814 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,738 135,660 68,738 83,979 Bars - Light Shaped 484 567 713 909 Bars - Cold Finished 11,539 25,156 5,829 14,192 Tool Steel 10,976 38,134 11,770 36,713 Standard Pipe 2,136 9,887 2,343 6,453 Oil Country Goods 93,497 214,093 83,240 163,942 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,268 28,749 20,171 33,596 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 728 1,398 1,237 2,355 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 9 16 Mechanical Tubing 17,102 40,323 14,147 34,644 Pressure Tubing 2,514 12,409 1,590 6,675 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 553 2,152 454 2,150 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,416 9,171 4,970 8,195 Pipe For Piling 13 12 28 38 Wire Drawn 6,789 15,146 6,534 13,755 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,343 18,121 13,856 16,636 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,015 15,264 14,839 16,644 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,404 15,592 20,752 20,529 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,004 7,573 6,189 8,751 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,001 19,249 8,955 17,275 Strip - Hot Rolled 275 744 331 770 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,859 7,104 2,439 5,596 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 371,767 479,319 276,163 367,920 Ingots And Steel For Castings 154 235 401 479 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 93,415 72,183 10,654 7,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,384 6,818 5,296 4,756 Plates Cut Lengths 32,923 64,972 37,010 49,622 Plates In Coils 8,254 5,801 9,245 6,378 Rails Standard 6,337 3,920 317 246 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,750 49,902 54,402 51,329 Bars - Light Shaped 780 590 449 369 Bars - Cold Finished 7,508 14,795 4,533 10,799 Tool Steel 11,716 33,187 9,379 26,824 Standard Pipe 2,005 5,583 729 2,398 Oil Country Goods 28,007 49,029 33,756 52,559 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,070 55,736 29,682 44,907 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 577 1,119 282 700 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 149 163 Mechanical Tubing 7,628 19,067 7,578 18,358 Pressure Tubing 1,776 7,616 1,919 7,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 529 3,066 484 2,704 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,334 6,409 922 3,183 Pipe For Piling 108 103 115 111 Wire Drawn 7,007 11,153 6,550 10,402 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,598 14,179 21,131 18,186 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,859 11,597 13,030 12,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,886 12,321 12,980 12,143 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,718 7,554 6,182 6,459 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,701 12,537 5,991 10,291 Strip - Hot Rolled 334 216 101 135 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,407 9,630 2,895 6,510 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,793,311 5,971,974 3,609,426 4,682,419 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,033 6,057 11,824 18,233 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 357,344 438,283 494,207 374,937 Structural Shapes Heavy 65,414 68,484 62,227 52,012 Plates Cut Lengths 340,186 680,320 314,301 491,794 Plates In Coils 124,644 116,850 96,477 66,815 Rails Standard 20,982 17,431 33,497 24,582 Bars - Hot Rolled 724,604 818,517 535,623 513,005 Bars - Light Shaped 6,278 6,537 5,919 5,314 Bars - Cold Finished 72,638 153,135 77,023 145,937 Tool Steel 126,392 394,458 114,491 315,220 Standard Pipe 17,356 54,989 16,085 44,809 Oil Country Goods 608,533 1,119,616 429,162 704,967 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 427,892 657,925 443,703 616,684 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,274 30,386 6,994 13,397 Line Pipe - Not Specified 404 722 3,185 2,810 Mechanical Tubing 124,191 291,688 113,064 233,246 Pressure Tubing 29,204 138,608 25,393 100,926 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,747 22,838 3,651 19,600 Structural Pipe & Tube 33,509 68,868 29,937 60,012 Pipe For Piling 603 629 1,791 1,637 Wire Drawn 74,797 135,625 73,697 111,080 Sheets Hot Rolled 131,169 137,243 203,543 174,270 Sheets Cold Rolled 121,231 134,026 188,592 176,136 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 186,583 175,040 139,919 120,032 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 53,554 69,738 64,352 69,131 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 90,411 158,931 83,957 149,815 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,869 8,023 3,521 2,629 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,469 67,006 33,292 73,388 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.