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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 302,099 197,617 288,688 199,526 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,639 924 1,708 940 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,807 9,417 19,883 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,723 6,958 13,355 4,156 Plates Cut Lengths 18,733 13,070 12,720 9,634 Plates In Coils 9,541 2,887 9,161 3,271 Rails Standard 245 134 25 17 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,777 33,186 54,629 29,668 Bars - Light Shaped 1,554 647 953 394 Bars - Cold Finished 5,868 6,013 6,813 7,360 Tool Steel 13,986 19,508 14,633 18,584 Standard Pipe 2,050 3,215 1,043 1,416 Oil Country Goods 23,512 24,230 36,137 35,062 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 10,662 5,071 2,964 1,581 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 513 462 54 71 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,573 17,109 13,100 15,976 Pressure Tubing 1,908 2,687 1,909 2,521 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 159 449 232 596 Structural Pipe & Tube 743 918 920 957 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 194 46 Wire Drawn 6,556 6,877 6,175 6,732 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,027 3,742 7,769 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,102 11,862 28,864 12,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,143 15,715 38,317 19,621 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,251 1,534 2,652 1,764 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,174 5,402 10,763 7,013 Strip - Hot Rolled 903 663 485 332 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 4,938 3,228 6,720 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,358 244,606 354,780 207,225 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,528 3,051 2,643 1,543 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,460 20,947 67,660 18,668 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,864 4,023 15,578 5,298 Plates Cut Lengths 18,923 13,113 22,166 12,069 Plates In Coils 14,647 6,403 7,418 3,108 Rails Standard 902 330 881 235 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,883 35,132 48,071 25,764 Bars - Light Shaped 5,631 2,061 1,969 661 Bars - Cold Finished 9,373 8,495 2,943 3,432 Tool Steel 14,012 18,863 12,243 17,338 Standard Pipe 2,914 3,268 1,836 2,094 Oil Country Goods 16,680 15,535 10,332 9,517 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 40,116 25,172 31,453 20,321 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,544 997 20 191 Line Pipe - Not Specified 40 20 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,153 12,318 7,454 9,856 Pressure Tubing 2,708 3,749 1,605 2,080 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 256 723 250 777 Structural Pipe & Tube 427 916 329 709 Pipe For Piling 358 150 241 149 Wire Drawn 8,723 9,156 7,035 7,571 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,670 4,967 6,768 3,401 Sheets Cold Rolled 36,156 18,127 24,697 11,875 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,458 19,310 57,233 31,296 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,338 4,465 10,298 5,789 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,348 6,257 10,996 7,081 Strip - Hot Rolled 512 361 325 165 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,736 6,696 2,335 6,237 ______________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,348,991 924,448 1,772,280 1,050,193 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,750 5,214 17,177 8,835 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 161,628 45,872 313,283 82,997 Structural Shapes Heavy 61,817 20,955 50,280 18,216 Plates Cut Lengths 75,266 53,780 94,502 57,503 Plates In Coils 36,225 13,024 52,999 22,439 Rails Standard 1,449 634 3,539 1,104 Bars - Hot Rolled 272,391 144,935 303,778 149,712 Bars - Light Shaped 4,735 2,000 14,392 5,092 Bars - Cold Finished 29,365 30,990 28,191 25,637 Tool Steel 68,192 96,008 68,428 93,127 Standard Pipe 6,340 9,154 8,897 12,172 Oil Country Goods 122,041 132,569 61,643 57,519 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 17,669 8,966 128,425 81,784 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 2,753 2,422 1,781 1,888 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 114 77 Mechanical Tubing 61,251 74,439 38,896 56,089 Pressure Tubing 10,986 14,100 11,613 15,698 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 703 2,458 2,541 4,578 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,801 4,645 2,078 3,929 Pipe For Piling 310 105 18,596 12,936 Wire Drawn 32,174 34,697 35,230 38,143 Sheets Hot Rolled 34,175 17,736 41,102 20,788 Sheets Cold Rolled 134,284 66,852 180,260 85,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 122,644 65,113 197,011 107,492 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,314 10,599 38,874 21,637 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 47,854 32,798 44,032 31,016 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,243 1,518 2,470 1,665 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,631 32,867 12,149 32,970 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."