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. 2001 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 238,211 166,916 237,132 174,132 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,863 852 1,883 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,411 9,211 20,809 5,793 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,413 3,649 9,346 3,162 Plates Cut Lengths 8,065 5,908 20,782 14,674 Plates In Coils 4,687 1,994 6,633 2,631 Rails Standard 758 349 368 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,417 25,544 44,679 23,846 Bars - Light Shaped 851 354 900 314 Bars - Cold Finished 5,149 5,323 5,747 5,899 Tool Steel 12,789 18,547 13,979 20,526 Standard Pipe 695 1,057 1,295 1,822 Oil Country Goods 20,090 23,219 20,855 25,590 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 1,628 921 2,412 1,367 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 74 74 1,895 1,354 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,893 15,291 9,842 12,467 Pressure Tubing 1,720 2,258 2,550 3,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 108 492 90 423 Structural Pipe & Tube 676 859 363 668 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 59 31 Wire Drawn 6,243 6,714 6,961 7,368 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,421 2,896 5,805 3,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,484 13,844 26,797 13,309 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,124 11,476 15,468 8,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,609 2,275 3,728 2,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,972 5,844 11,446 8,299 Strip - Hot Rolled 309 193 231 122 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,761 7,770 2,208 5,492 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 339,726 190,460 300,223 176,945 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,662 1,420 2,065 1,186 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 76,454 19,017 54,904 13,330 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,694 1,290 8,390 3,404 Plates Cut Lengths 15,857 9,544 20,366 11,763 Plates In Coils 9,094 3,924 12,652 4,992 Rails Standard 335 182 1,249 261 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,607 25,818 57,312 29,039 Bars - Light Shaped 2,830 961 2,585 904 Bars - Cold Finished 5,119 4,359 4,101 3,591 Tool Steel 10,782 16,171 14,958 19,422 Standard Pipe 999 1,825 1,884 2,879 Oil Country Goods 13,717 10,711 5,877 5,782 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 10,596 6,090 1,767 1,611 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 167 233 11 28 Line Pipe - Not Specified 10 23 65 34 Mechanical Tubing 6,635 9,593 7,800 12,389 Pressure Tubing 2,604 3,617 2,406 2,878 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 815 1,030 971 1,248 Structural Pipe & Tube 572 870 343 479 Pipe For Piling 13,688 9,800 180 92 Wire Drawn 5,582 6,139 6,419 7,328 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,054 4,531 7,197 3,600 Sheets Cold Rolled 44,174 19,475 37,782 17,758 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,579 18,376 32,230 17,167 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,943 2,896 6,033 3,449 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,596 6,107 8,037 5,323 Strip - Hot Rolled 527 429 527 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,035 6,027 2,110 6,689 ______________________________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 475,342 341,048 639,949 367,405 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,746 2,026 4,727 2,606 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 60,221 15,004 131,358 32,347 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,759 6,811 12,084 4,693 Plates Cut Lengths 28,847 20,583 36,224 21,307 Plates In Coils 11,321 4,625 21,747 8,916 Rails Standard 1,125 441 1,584 443 Bars - Hot Rolled 91,096 49,390 111,919 54,856 Bars - Light Shaped 1,751 667 5,415 1,865 Bars - Cold Finished 10,896 11,221 9,220 7,950 Tool Steel 26,768 39,073 25,740 35,593 Standard Pipe 1,990 2,879 2,883 4,704 Oil Country Goods 40,945 48,809 19,594 16,493 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 4,040 2,288 12,363 7,700 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,969 1,429 179 261 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 75 57 Mechanical Tubing 22,735 27,758 14,435 21,982 Pressure Tubing 4,270 5,700 5,010 6,494 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 198 915 1,786 2,278 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,039 1,527 915 1,349 Pipe For Piling 59 31 13,868 9,892 Wire Drawn 13,204 14,082 12,000 13,467 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,225 6,146 16,252 8,130 Sheets Cold Rolled 50,281 27,153 81,955 37,234 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,592 20,085 65,808 35,544 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,337 4,685 10,976 6,345 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 19,417 14,143 16,633 11,430 Strip - Hot Rolled 540 314 1,054 749 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,969 13,262 4,145 12,716 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."