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 2009 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 197,576 268,623 152,009 200,277 Ingots And Steel For Castings 632 328 4,652 3,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,408 15,304 1,980 2,878 Wire Rods 3,283 2,506 5,491 4,107 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,469 1,116 1,326 1,148 Plates Cut Lengths 12,728 20,349 7,848 12,335 Plates In Coils 1,073 836 6,723 4,511 Rails Standard 314 354 1,801 1,686 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,242 39,895 31,357 30,347 Bars - Light Shaped 1,443 1,495 895 560 Bars - Cold Finished 1,320 3,457 1,400 3,333 Tool Steel 5,807 17,981 3,489 11,132 Standard Pipe 771 1,249 296 929 Oil Country Goods 23,453 42,190 18,949 38,894 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,786 20,680 7,627 8,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,069 10,904 69 172 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 1 20 Mechanical Tubing 2,466 7,307 3,373 8,103 Pressure Tubing 2,015 8,487 1,043 3,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 198 1,264 391 1,581 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,177 3,760 799 2,623 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 14 12 Wire Drawn 5,892 10,231 5,494 9,230 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,289 9,525 4,565 4,241 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,314 18,894 16,751 14,483 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,116 12,984 15,157 14,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,294 2,006 2,353 2,361 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,531 9,138 3,245 8,213 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,290 1,161 1,037 871 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,197 5,223 3,883 6,635 -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2009 Final 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,288,572 3,722,909 4,477,126 7,269,991 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,061 23,847 4,960 12,527 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 59,357 67,195 378,706 473,840 Wire Rods 48,646 33,251 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 33,664 29,915 76,696 79,787 Plates Cut Lengths 182,475 335,393 401,173 809,910 Plates In Coils 58,091 48,286 145,737 142,188 Rails Standard 15,363 13,838 22,953 19,209 Bars - Hot Rolled 355,489 376,103 857,019 987,119 Bars - Light Shaped 12,769 9,461 6,973 7,327 Bars - Cold Finished 42,203 93,779 85,389 185,268 Tool Steel 51,592 160,884 147,548 464,076 Standard Pipe 14,817 49,421 24,309 76,534 Oil Country Goods 413,624 910,830 807,344 1,567,134 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 285,261 398,231 445,392 684,153 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17,355 44,938 17,088 33,558 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,144 4,063 2,042 4,461 Mechanical Tubing 76,927 222,171 159,581 378,674 Pressure Tubing 17,516 105,218 34,044 161,540 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 5,823 30,571 5,873 29,171 Structural Pipe & Tube 18,857 47,567 36,654 76,480 Pipe For Piling 4,243 7,803 612 637 Wire Drawn 48,339 86,975 84,954 158,290 Sheets Hot Rolled 107,386 111,612 162,018 176,516 Sheets Cold Rolled 138,669 155,509 148,100 169,459 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 147,155 146,039 212,378 199,926 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,602 33,651 60,818 80,606 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 59,523 111,172 109,658 199,432 Strip - Hot Rolled 8,746 9,355 4,574 9,925 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,874 55,832 34,533 82,246 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2009. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.