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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,861 186,256 238,211 166,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,657 1,325 1,863 852 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,717 13,561 39,411 9,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,980 3,031 9,413 3,649 Plates Cut Lengths 14,965 10,494 8,065 5,908 Plates In Coils 6,203 2,240 4,687 1,994 Rails Standard 54 42 758 349 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,888 32,691 46,417 25,544 Bars - Light Shaped 476 292 851 354 Bars - Cold Finished 5,787 6,395 5,149 5,323 Tool Steel 12,805 18,842 12,789 18,547 Standard Pipe 1,257 1,644 695 1,057 Oil Country Goods 21,446 24,467 20,090 23,219 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 2 26 1,628 921 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 218 460 74 74 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,843 13,596 12,893 15,291 Pressure Tubing 2,899 3,192 1,720 2,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 114 498 108 492 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,099 1,244 676 859 Pipe For Piling 57 28 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,239 7,005 6,243 6,714 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,154 3,567 5,421 2,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,037 14,913 23,484 13,844 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,592 9,691 21,124 11,476 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,073 2,616 3,609 2,275 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,240 7,972 5,844 Strip - Hot Rolled 315 208 309 193 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 7,947 2,761 7,770 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 364,193 230,956 339,726 190,460 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,278 1,635 2,662 1,420 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,804 11,035 76,454 19,017 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,754 4,202 3,694 1,290 Plates Cut Lengths 17,190 11,014 15,857 9,544 Plates In Coils 9,188 4,011 9,094 3,924 Rails Standard 172 97 335 182 Bars - Hot Rolled 65,904 33,959 54,607 25,818 Bars - Light Shaped 1,377 504 2,830 961 Bars - Cold Finished 6,655 5,759 5,119 4,359 Tool Steel 16,432 21,333 10,782 16,171 Standard Pipe 1,264 2,106 999 1,825 Oil Country Goods 15,038 15,974 13,717 10,711 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 44,493 28,592 10,596 6,090 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 38 439 167 233 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 10 23 Mechanical Tubing 7,854 11,933 6,635 9,593 Pressure Tubing 2,290 3,374 2,604 3,617 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 799 815 1,030 Structural Pipe & Tube 407 955 572 870 Pipe For Piling 4,129 2,745 13,688 9,800 Wire Drawn 7,472 7,949 5,582 6,139 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,412 4,289 9,054 4,531 Sheets Cold Rolled 37,452 17,916 44,174 19,475 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,512 21,342 33,579 18,376 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,261 5,037 4,943 2,896 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,054 6,247 8,596 6,107 Strip - Hot Rolled 579 390 527 429 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,932 7,320 2,035 6,027 ______________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 758,203 527,304 1,004,142 598,362 Ingots And Steel For Castings 5,404 3,351 8,005 4,242 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 110,938 28,565 175,163 43,382 Structural Shapes Heavy 26,738 9,841 23,839 8,895 Plates Cut Lengths 43,812 31,077 53,413 32,322 Plates In Coils 17,524 6,866 30,935 12,927 Rails Standard 1,179 483 1,756 540 Bars - Hot Rolled 155,984 82,081 177,824 88,816 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 959 6,792 2,369 Bars - Cold Finished 16,683 17,617 15,874 13,710 Tool Steel 39,573 57,915 42,172 56,926 Standard Pipe 3,247 4,524 4,147 6,810 Oil Country Goods 62,391 73,276 34,632 32,467 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 4,043 2,314 56,856 36,292 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 2,186 1,888 216 700 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 75 57 Mechanical Tubing 33,579 41,354 22,289 33,915 Pressure Tubing 7,169 8,892 7,300 9,868 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 312 1,413 2,035 3,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,138 2,771 1,321 2,304 Pipe For Piling 116 60 17,997 12,637 Wire Drawn 19,443 21,087 19,473 21,416 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,379 9,713 24,664 12,419 Sheets Cold Rolled 81,318 42,066 119,407 55,150 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 54,184 29,776 104,320 56,886 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,410 7,301 20,237 11,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,917 20,383 24,688 17,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 855 523 1,633 1,139 Strip - Cold Rolled 7,453 21,209 7,077 20,037 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."