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. April 2001 March 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,723 190,889 278,599 184,428 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,708 940 1,651 1,315 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,817 2,088 50,717 13,561 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,128 3,374 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 8 17 54 42 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,048 28,986 62,834 32,194 Bars - Light Shaped 932 388 476 292 Bars - Cold Finished 6,774 6,757 5,363 6,196 Tool Steel 14,763 18,601 12,522 18,309 Standard Pipe 1,043 1,416 1,257 1,644 Oil Country Goods 35,077 34,380 21,319 24,295 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 2,964 1,581 2 26 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 51 56 218 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,099 15,967 10,843 13,596 Pressure Tubing 1,909 2,521 2,837 3,175 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 596 114 496 Structural Pipe & Tube 920 957 2,023 1,221 Pipe For Piling 194 46 57 28 Wire Drawn 6,173 6,728 6,206 6,979 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,769 4,281 5,957 3,218 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,803 12,874 31,037 14,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,303 19,612 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 6,710 2,484 7,947 _____________________________________________________________________________ March 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,861 186,256 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,657 1,325 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,717 13,561 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,980 3,031 Plates Cut Lengths 14,965 10,494 Plates In Coils 6,203 2,240 Rails Standard 54 42 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,888 32,691 Bars - Light Shaped 476 292 Bars - Cold Finished 5,787 6,395 Tool Steel 12,805 18,842 Standard Pipe 1,257 1,644 Oil Country Goods 21,446 24,467 Line Pipe >16 Inches In Diameter 2 26 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 218 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,843 13,596 Pressure Tubing 2,899 3,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 114 498 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,099 1,244 Pipe For Piling 57 28 Wire Drawn 6,239 7,005 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,154 3,567 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,037 14,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,592 9,691 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,073 2,616 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 315 208 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 7,947 _____________________________________________________________________________ April 2000 March 2000 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 Diameter 31,453 20,321 44,493 28,592 Line Pipe <=16 Inches In Diameter 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 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."