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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,688 199,526 282,861 186,256 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,708 940 1,657 1,325 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,883 7,889 50,717 13,561 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,355 4,156 7,980 3,031 Plates Cut Lengths 12,720 9,634 14,965 10,494 Plates In Coils 9,161 3,271 6,203 2,240 Rails Standard 25 17 54 42 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,629 29,668 64,888 32,691 Bars - Light Shaped 953 394 476 292 Bars - Cold Finished 6,813 7,360 5,787 6,395 Tool Steel 14,633 18,584 12,805 18,842 Standard Pipe 1,043 1,416 1,257 1,644 Oil Country Goods 36,137 35,062 21,446 24,467 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,964 1,581 2 26 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 54 71 218 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,100 15,976 10,843 13,596 Pressure Tubing 1,909 2,521 2,899 3,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 596 114 498 Structural Pipe & Tube 920 957 2,099 1,244 Pipe For Piling 194 46 57 28 Wire Drawn 6,175 6,732 6,239 7,005 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,769 4,281 7,154 3,567 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,864 12,924 31,037 14,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,317 19,621 17,592 9,691 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,652 1,764 4,073 2,616 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,763 7,013 9,500 6,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 485 332 315 208 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,228 6,720 2,484 7,947 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 354,780 207,225 364,193 230,956 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,643 1,543 3,278 1,635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 67,660 18,668 43,804 11,035 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,578 5,298 11,754 4,202 Plates Cut Lengths 22,166 12,069 17,190 11,014 Plates In Coils 7,418 3,108 9,188 4,011 Rails Standard 881 235 172 97 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,071 25,764 65,904 33,959 Bars - Light Shaped 1,969 661 1,377 504 Bars - Cold Finished 2,943 3,432 6,655 5,759 Tool Steel 12,243 17,338 16,432 21,333 Standard Pipe 1,836 2,094 1,264 2,106 Oil Country Goods 10,332 9,517 15,038 15,974 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,453 20,321 44,493 28,592 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20 191 38 439 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,454 9,856 7,854 11,933 Pressure Tubing 1,605 2,080 2,290 3,374 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 250 777 249 799 Structural Pipe & Tube 329 709 407 955 Pipe For Piling 241 149 4,129 2,745 Wire Drawn 7,035 7,571 7,472 7,949 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,768 3,401 8,412 4,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,697 11,875 37,452 17,916 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 57,233 31,296 38,512 21,342 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,298 5,789 9,261 5,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,996 7,081 8,054 6,247 Strip - Hot Rolled 325 165 579 390 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,335 6,237 2,932 7,320 ________________________________________________________________________________ April Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,046,891 726,831 1,358,922 805,587 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,111 4,290 10,648 5,784 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 130,821 36,455 242,823 62,049 Structural Shapes Heavy 40,093 13,998 39,416 14,193 Plates Cut Lengths 56,533 40,710 75,579 44,391 Plates In Coils 26,684 10,137 38,352 16,035 Rails Standard 1,204 500 2,637 774 Bars - Hot Rolled 210,614 111,749 225,895 114,580 Bars - Light Shaped 3,181 1,353 8,762 3,030 Bars - Cold Finished 23,496 24,977 18,817 17,142 Tool Steel 54,207 76,500 54,416 74,264 Standard Pipe 4,290 5,940 5,983 8,905 Oil Country Goods 98,528 108,339 44,964 41,983 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 7,007 3,895 88,309 56,613 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,240 1,959 237 891 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 75 57 Mechanical Tubing 46,679 57,330 29,743 43,771 Pressure Tubing 9,078 11,413 8,905 11,949 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 544 2,009 2,285 3,854 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,058 3,728 1,651 3,013 Pipe For Piling 310 105 18,238 12,786 Wire Drawn 25,618 27,820 26,507 28,987 Sheets Hot Rolled 26,148 13,994 31,432 15,820 Sheets Cold Rolled 110,182 54,990 144,105 67,025 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 92,501 49,397 161,553 88,182 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 14,062 9,064 30,535 17,172 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 39,680 27,396 35,684 24,759 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,341 854 1,958 1,304 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,681 27,929 9,412 26,274 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."