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. January 2001 December 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,132 174,132 292,256 201,548 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,883 1,174 2,207 1,478 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,809 5,793 38,104 10,238 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,346 3,162 6,736 2,928 Plates Cut Lengths 20,782 14,674 15,713 9,399 Plates In Coils 6,633 2,631 11,425 5,556 Rails Standard 368 91 4 18 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,679 23,846 52,828 28,055 Bars - Light Shaped 900 314 1,407 454 Bars - Cold Finished 5,747 5,899 9,409 9,034 Tool Steel 13,979 20,526 13,887 20,188 Standard Pipe 1,295 1,822 1,246 1,499 Oil Country Goods 20,855 25,590 27,726 30,150 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 2,412 1,367 566 564 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,895 1,354 42 69 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 10 Mechanical Tubing 9,842 12,467 10,899 14,907 Pressure Tubing 2,550 3,442 1,967 3,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 90 423 52 300 Structural Pipe & Tube 363 668 581 607 Pipe For Piling 59 31 34 20 Wire Drawn 6,961 7,368 7,716 8,206 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,805 3,250 10,563 5,464 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,797 13,309 30,714 16,211 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,468 8,609 30,320 16,540 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,728 2,409 5,785 3,465 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,446 8,299 9,500 6,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 231 122 438 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 5,492 2,373 6,332 ______________________________________________________________________________ January 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 300,223 176,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,065 1,186 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,904 13,330 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,390 3,404 Plates Cut Lengths 20,366 11,763 Plates In Coils 12,652 4,992 Rails Standard 1,249 261 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,312 29,039 Bars - Light Shaped 2,585 904 Bars - Cold Finished 4,101 3,591 Tool Steel 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 1,884 2,879 Oil Country Goods 5,877 5,782 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 1,767 1,611 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 11 28 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65 34 Mechanical Tubing 7,800 12,389 Pressure Tubing 2,406 2,878 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 971 1,248 Structural Pipe & Tube 343 479 Pipe For Piling 180 92 Wire Drawn 6,419 7,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,197 3,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 37,782 17,758 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,230 17,167 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,033 3,449 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 527 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,110 6,689 ______________________________________________________________________________ January Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,132 174,132 300,223 176,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,883 1,174 2,065 1,186 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,809 5,793 54,904 13,330 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,346 3,162 8,390 3,404 Plates Cut Lengths 20,782 14,674 20,366 11,763 Plates In Coils 6,633 2,631 12,652 4,992 Rails Standard 368 91 1,249 261 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,679 23,846 57,312 29,039 Bars - Light Shaped 900 314 2,585 904 Bars - Cold Finished 5,747 5,899 4,101 3,591 Tool Steel 13,979 20,526 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 1,295 1,822 1,884 2,879 Oil Country Goods 20,855 25,590 5,877 5,782 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 2,412 1,367 1,767 1,611 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,895 1,354 11 28 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65 34 Mechanical Tubing 9,842 12,467 7,800 12,389 Pressure Tubing 2,550 3,442 2,406 2,878 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 90 423 971 1,248 Structural Pipe & Tube 363 668 343 479 Pipe For Piling 59 31 180 92 Wire Drawn 6,961 7,368 6,419 7,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,805 3,250 7,197 3,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,797 13,309 37,782 17,758 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,468 8,609 32,230 17,167 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,728 2,409 6,033 3,449 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,446 8,299 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 231 122 527 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 5,492 2,110 6,689 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-457-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-457-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MORE DETAILED FOREIGN TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."