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 2005 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,344 442,670 383,672 384,750 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,967 1,890 1,440 1,271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 129,335 78,745 95,150 59,800 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,101 6,722 6,730 5,306 Plates Cut Lengths 30,911 40,941 31,653 38,539 Plates In Coils 10,443 7,288 6,943 5,249 Rails Standard 2,376 1,740 4,703 2,783 Bars - Hot Rolled 83,456 61,789 59,813 50,681 Bars - Light Shaped 1,858 1,100 2,133 1,307 Bars - Cold Finished 16,764 20,817 10,467 11,320 Tool Steel 16,836 40,290 15,546 35,644 Standard Pipe 1,354 2,440 1,247 2,713 Oil Country Goods 42,865 59,847 28,367 42,449 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,539 21,190 18,808 24,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 34 69 85 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,111 14,397 10,749 16,892 Pressure Tubing 3,433 7,096 3,072 6,265 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 293 1,420 281 1,245 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,506 2,709 1,390 2,917 Pipe For Piling 217 219 153 165 Wire Drawn 8,184 11,795 9,459 12,751 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,007 13,153 20,681 14,869 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,221 10,429 18,540 15,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,581 16,406 21,151 14,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,059 3,819 4,866 4,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,905 9,733 6,603 6,710 Strip - Hot Rolled 964 535 727 356 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,036 6,123 2,930 6,182 ______________________________________________________________ 2004 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 280,736 207,742 317,181 209,466 Ingots And Steel For Castings 816 569 519 319 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,334 13,880 56,408 21,589 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,543 3,227 3,922 2,197 Plates Cut Lengths 19,695 14,564 22,855 15,880 Plates In Coils 10,847 5,501 6,336 3,079 Rails Standard 2,969 2,065 3,509 1,725 Bars - Hot Rolled 76,458 44,307 90,897 42,649 Bars - Light Shaped 792 505 1,388 859 Bars - Cold Finished 6,967 8,579 3,140 3,448 Tool Steel 12,266 18,521 12,638 18,689 Standard Pipe 507 658 552 828 Oil Country Goods 23,490 23,591 21,412 23,869 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,451 9,279 16,190 9,577 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 58 98 89 91 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,876 8,892 6,325 6,956 Pressure Tubing 2,445 3,199 1,526 2,410 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 200 803 326 1,263 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,152 2,439 1,438 2,992 Pipe For Piling 23 16 172 107 Wire Drawn 8,715 9,957 9,093 9,815 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,072 7,537 14,919 8,491 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,030 5,642 10,789 8,002 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,821 10,027 18,166 10,076 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,318 2,893 4,812 4,029 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,290 5,727 6,134 4,949 Strip - Hot Rolled 956 520 750 433 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,641 4,745 2,877 5,147 ______________________________________________________________ April Cumulative to Date 2005 Final 2004 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,484,184 1,463,079 1,135,700 755,073 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,121 7,456 2,817 1,726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 338,998 213,674 219,683 76,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 37,686 26,163 17,691 9,933 Plates Cut Lengths 113,259 145,449 85,417 56,041 Plates In Coils 40,692 32,106 26,821 12,901 Rails Standard 12,640 7,827 8,820 5,183 Bars - Hot Rolled 269,706 216,302 279,441 146,410 Bars - Light Shaped 5,518 3,352 6,126 3,371 Bars - Cold Finished 50,141 58,175 16,236 19,417 Tool Steel 63,720 139,291 46,126 67,451 Standard Pipe 3,968 8,203 3,045 3,904 Oil Country Goods 122,842 175,653 78,212 81,754 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,377 47,829 61,573 36,988 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 157 170 2,107 2,000 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 42,019 63,353 27,718 30,326 Pressure Tubing 11,376 22,796 7,643 11,901 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,139 4,762 1,086 4,292 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,745 11,332 4,596 9,240 Pipe For Piling 892 809 341 207 Wire Drawn 35,067 47,851 34,236 35,861 Sheets Hot Rolled 66,130 47,813 47,727 25,557 Sheets Cold Rolled 66,766 53,184 37,022 24,403 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 90,963 60,165 74,313 40,653 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,469 13,667 13,434 11,614 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 29,425 31,176 21,811 18,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,236 1,719 2,496 1,412 Strip - Cold Rolled 11,132 22,800 9,162 17,819 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2005. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.