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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 379,672 693,846 459,091 798,198 Ingots And Steel For Castings 832 2,827 576 1,428 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,061 23,940 53,003 71,819 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,375 7,601 8,264 9,457 Plates Cut Lengths 33,073 69,075 29,195 70,367 Plates In Coils 14,884 18,565 25,804 26,360 Rails Standard 1,511 1,240 2,595 2,264 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,973 106,469 110,738 135,660 Bars - Light Shaped 255 353 484 567 Bars - Cold Finished 5,949 15,856 11,539 25,156 Tool Steel 10,420 34,589 10,976 38,134 Standard Pipe 2,902 9,434 2,136 9,887 Oil Country Goods 100,959 222,432 93,497 214,093 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,651 20,905 17,268 28,749 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 691 1,321 728 1,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 3 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,005 35,283 17,102 40,323 Pressure Tubing 2,836 14,081 2,514 12,409 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 612 2,864 553 2,152 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,035 4,799 4,416 9,171 Pipe For Piling 8 8 13 12 Wire Drawn 5,153 11,531 6,789 15,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,967 23,913 14,343 18,121 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,792 20,596 12,015 15,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,306 11,556 16,404 15,592 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,614 5,697 5,004 7,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,174 21,181 10,001 19,249 Strip - Hot Rolled 287 955 275 744 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,345 6,775 2,859 7,104 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 392,040 527,210 371,767 479,319 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,084 1,712 154 235 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,140 41,135 93,415 72,183 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,017 10,276 7,384 6,818 Plates Cut Lengths 34,642 50,536 32,923 64,972 Plates In Coils 13,910 9,696 8,254 5,801 Rails Standard 1,271 1,123 6,337 3,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,048 47,507 50,750 49,902 Bars - Light Shaped 542 392 780 590 Bars - Cold Finished 8,108 14,836 7,508 14,795 Tool Steel 17,018 43,059 11,716 33,187 Standard Pipe 930 2,253 2,005 5,583 Oil Country Goods 43,548 67,766 28,007 49,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 74,496 105,246 39,070 55,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 75 353 577 1,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 4 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,617 22,179 7,628 19,067 Pressure Tubing 2,994 10,652 1,776 7,616 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 460 2,734 529 3,066 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,546 5,808 3,334 6,409 Pipe For Piling 8 8 108 103 Wire Drawn 7,948 12,257 7,007 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,095 15,404 16,598 14,179 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,722 18,101 12,859 11,597 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,477 12,964 12,886 12,321 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,045 3,797 6,718 7,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,869 19,850 8,701 12,537 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 192 334 216 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,187 7,372 4,407 9,630 -------------------------------------------------------------- November Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,172,982 6,665,819 4,001,466 5,209,629 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,865 8,884 12,908 19,945 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 374,404 462,222 541,347 416,072 Structural Shapes Heavy 72,790 76,085 73,244 62,289 Plates Cut Lengths 373,259 749,395 348,943 542,330 Plates In Coils 139,528 135,415 110,387 76,511 Rails Standard 22,493 18,671 34,768 25,705 Bars - Hot Rolled 806,577 924,987 582,671 560,511 Bars - Light Shaped 6,534 6,890 6,461 5,706 Bars - Cold Finished 78,588 168,992 85,131 160,773 Tool Steel 136,812 429,047 131,509 358,279 Standard Pipe 20,258 64,423 17,015 47,062 Oil Country Goods 709,491 1,342,047 472,710 772,733 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 440,543 678,830 518,199 721,929 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 15,965 31,707 7,068 13,749 Line Pipe - Not Specified 404 725 3,190 2,813 Mechanical Tubing 138,196 326,971 123,681 255,425 Pressure Tubing 32,040 152,689 28,387 111,578 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,359 25,702 4,111 22,334 Structural Pipe & Tube 35,543 73,667 32,483 65,820 Pipe For Piling 612 637 1,799 1,645 Wire Drawn 79,950 147,156 81,644 123,337 Sheets Hot Rolled 150,136 161,156 218,638 189,674 Sheets Cold Rolled 138,023 154,622 210,314 194,237 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 198,889 186,596 153,396 132,997 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 57,168 75,435 67,397 72,928 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 100,585 180,112 93,826 169,664 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,156 8,977 3,760 2,821 Strip - Cold Rolled 30,814 73,780 36,479 80,759 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.