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. March 2001 February 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 278,599 184,428 237,591 166,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,651 1,315 1,863 852 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,717 13,561 39,151 9,126 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,980 3,031 9,413 3,649 Plates Cut Lengths 14,965 10,494 7,878 5,824 Plates In Coils 6,203 2,240 4,687 1,994 Rails Standard 54 42 758 349 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,834 32,194 46,425 25,560 Bars - Light Shaped 476 292 851 354 Bars - Cold Finished 5,363 6,196 5,145 5,320 Tool Steel 12,522 18,309 12,674 18,365 Standard Pipe 1,257 1,644 695 1,057 Oil Country Goods 21,319 24,295 20,090 23,199 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 2 26 1,628 918 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 2,837 3,175 1,720 2,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 114 496 104 480 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,023 1,221 676 859 Pipe For Piling 57 28 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,206 6,979 6,186 6,644 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,957 3,218 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 _____________________________________________________________________________ February 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 238,211 166,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,863 852 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,411 9,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,413 3,649 Plates Cut Lengths 8,065 5,908 Plates In Coils 4,687 1,994 Rails Standard 758 349 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,417 25,544 Bars - Light Shaped 851 354 Bars - Cold Finished 5,149 5,323 Tool Steel 12,789 18,547 Standard Pipe 695 1,057 Oil Country Goods 20,090 23,219 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 1,628 921 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 74 74 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,893 15,291 Pressure Tubing 1,720 2,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 108 492 Structural Pipe & Tube 676 859 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,243 6,714 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,421 2,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,484 13,844 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,124 11,476 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,609 2,275 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,972 5,844 Strip - Hot Rolled 309 193 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,761 7,770 _____________________________________________________________________________ March 2000 February 2000 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 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."