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. February 2001 January 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,591 166,472 231,618 170,482 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,863 852 1,883 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,151 9,126 20,809 5,793 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,413 3,649 9,346 3,162 Plates Cut Lengths 7,878 5,824 20,554 14,531 Plates In Coils 4,687 1,994 6,630 2,616 Rails Standard 758 349 368 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,425 25,560 42,286 22,549 Bars - Light Shaped 851 354 900 314 Bars - Cold Finished 5,145 5,320 5,715 5,871 Tool Steel 12,674 18,365 13,814 20,061 Standard Pipe 695 1,057 1,238 1,770 Oil Country Goods 20,090 23,199 20,163 25,153 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 1,628 918 2,254 1,253 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 74 74 1,895 1,354 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,893 15,291 9,774 12,369 Pressure Tubing 1,720 2,258 2,550 3,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 104 480 86 413 Structural Pipe & Tube 676 859 363 668 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 59 31 Wire Drawn 6,186 6,644 6,961 7,368 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,421 2,896 5,805 3,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,484 13,844 25,633 12,617 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,124 11,476 15,411 8,570 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,609 2,275 3,357 2,241 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,972 5,844 11,354 8,234 Strip - Hot Rolled 309 193 231 122 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,761 7,770 2,182 5,466 _______________________________________________________________________________ January 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,132 174,132 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,883 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,809 5,793 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,346 3,162 Plates Cut Lengths 20,782 14,674 Plates In Coils 6,633 2,631 Rails Standard 368 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,679 23,846 Bars - Light Shaped 900 314 Bars - Cold Finished 5,747 5,899 Tool Steel 13,979 20,526 Standard Pipe 1,295 1,822 Oil Country Goods 20,855 25,590 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 2,412 1,367 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 1,895 1,354 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,842 12,467 Pressure Tubing 2,550 3,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 90 423 Structural Pipe & Tube 363 668 Pipe For Piling 59 31 Wire Drawn 6,961 7,368 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,805 3,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,797 13,309 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,468 8,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,728 2,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,446 8,299 Strip - Hot Rolled 231 122 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 5,492 _________________________________________________________________________ February 2000 January 2000 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 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."