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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 304,144 604,172 379,672 693,846 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,095 3,643 832 2,827 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,302 11,618 17,061 23,940 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,906 3,702 7,375 7,601 Plates Cut Lengths 27,914 60,515 33,073 69,075 Plates In Coils 6,209 6,773 14,884 18,565 Rails Standard 460 538 1,511 1,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,442 62,133 81,973 106,469 Bars - Light Shaped 440 438 255 353 Bars - Cold Finished 6,801 16,276 5,949 15,856 Tool Steel 10,736 35,029 10,420 34,589 Standard Pipe 4,051 12,112 2,902 9,434 Oil Country Goods 97,853 225,087 100,959 222,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,849 5,323 12,651 20,905 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,123 1,851 691 1,321 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,637 3,736 1 3 Mechanical Tubing 21,384 51,703 14,005 35,283 Pressure Tubing 2,004 8,851 2,836 14,081 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 515 3,469 612 2,864 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,111 2,813 2,035 4,799 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 8 8 Wire Drawn 5,005 11,134 5,153 11,531 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,882 15,359 18,967 23,913 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,078 14,837 16,792 20,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,490 13,330 12,306 11,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,649 5,171 3,614 5,697 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,073 19,320 10,174 21,181 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 948 287 955 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,719 8,466 2,345 6,775 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 348,710 472,462 392,040 527,210 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 43 1,084 1,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 84,205 67,424 47,140 41,135 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,637 3,375 11,017 10,276 Plates Cut Lengths 23,719 41,265 34,642 50,536 Plates In Coils 6,893 4,653 13,910 9,696 Rails Standard 2,332 2,243 1,271 1,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 45,207 46,320 47,048 47,507 Bars - Light Shaped 247 273 542 392 Bars - Cold Finished 6,501 14,004 8,108 14,836 Tool Steel 13,926 38,675 17,018 43,059 Standard Pipe 2,920 7,970 930 2,253 Oil Country Goods 31,563 49,888 43,548 67,766 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,459 75,015 74,496 105,246 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,738 6,441 75 353 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 31 5 4 Mechanical Tubing 9,376 22,956 10,617 22,179 Pressure Tubing 2,626 14,603 2,994 10,652 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 296 1,192 460 2,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,860 5,001 2,546 5,808 Pipe For Piling 26 25 8 8 Wire Drawn 7,284 10,645 7,948 12,257 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,284 10,322 15,095 15,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,442 11,229 21,722 18,101 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,055 12,395 13,477 12,964 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,021 4,025 3,045 3,797 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,502 12,951 9,869 19,850 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 124 239 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,437 9,375 3,187 7,372 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2008 Final 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,477,126 7,269,991 4,350,176 5,682,091 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,960 12,527 12,924 19,988 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 378,706 473,840 625,552 483,496 Structural Shapes Heavy 76,696 79,787 76,881 65,664 Plates Cut Lengths 401,173 809,910 372,662 583,594 Plates In Coils 145,737 142,188 117,280 81,164 Rails Standard 22,953 19,209 37,101 27,948 Bars - Hot Rolled 857,019 987,119 627,878 606,832 Bars - Light Shaped 6,973 7,327 6,708 5,979 Bars - Cold Finished 85,389 185,268 91,633 174,777 Tool Steel 147,548 464,076 145,435 396,954 Standard Pipe 24,309 76,534 19,935 55,031 Oil Country Goods 807,344 1,567,134 504,273 822,621 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 445,392 684,153 569,657 796,944 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,088 33,558 9,807 20,191 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,042 4,461 3,211 2,844 Mechanical Tubing 159,581 378,674 133,057 278,380 Pressure Tubing 34,044 161,540 31,013 126,181 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,873 29,171 4,407 23,526 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,654 76,480 34,343 70,822 Pipe For Piling 612 637 1,825 1,670 Wire Drawn 84,954 158,290 88,929 133,982 Sheets Hot Rolled 162,018 176,516 229,922 199,996 Sheets Cold Rolled 148,100 169,459 221,756 205,466 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 212,378 199,926 166,451 145,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 60,818 80,606 71,418 76,954 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 109,658 199,432 100,328 182,615 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,574 9,925 3,878 2,945 Strip - Cold Rolled 34,533 82,246 41,916 90,134 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2008. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.