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. May 2001 April 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 276,881 188,949 268,723 190,889 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,639 924 1,708 940 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,532 3,153 4,817 2,088 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,723 6,958 11,128 3,374 Plates Cut Lengths 18,716 13,062 12,720 9,634 Plates In Coils 9,541 2,887 9,161 3,271 Rails Standard 245 134 8 17 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,896 32,350 53,048 28,986 Bars - Light Shaped 1,522 638 932 388 Bars - Cold Finished 5,868 6,013 6,774 6,757 Tool Steel 13,600 18,512 14,763 18,601 Standard Pipe 2,017 3,082 1,043 1,416 Oil Country Goods 23,413 24,156 35,077 34,380 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 10,662 5,071 2,964 1,581 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 513 462 51 56 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,573 17,109 13,099 15,967 Pressure Tubing 1,908 2,687 1,909 2,521 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 156 430 232 596 Structural Pipe & Tube 743 918 920 957 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 194 46 Wire Drawn 6,540 6,859 6,173 6,728 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,763 3,592 7,769 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,887 11,760 28,803 12,874 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,143 15,715 38,303 19,612 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,251 1,534 2,652 1,764 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,179 5,383 10,763 7,013 Strip - Hot Rolled 901 621 485 332 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 4,938 3,228 6,710 ________________________________________________________________________________ April 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,688 199,526 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,708 940 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,883 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,355 4,156 Plates Cut Lengths 12,720 9,634 Plates In Coils 9,161 3,271 Rails Standard 25 17 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,629 29,668 Bars - Light Shaped 953 394 Bars - Cold Finished 6,813 7,360 Tool Steel 14,633 18,584 Standard Pipe 1,043 1,416 Oil Country Goods 36,137 35,062 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 2,964 1,581 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 54 71 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,100 15,976 Pressure Tubing 1,909 2,521 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 596 Structural Pipe & Tube 920 957 Pipe For Piling 194 46 Wire Drawn 6,175 6,732 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,769 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,864 12,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,317 19,621 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,652 1,764 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,763 7,013 Strip - Hot Rolled 485 332 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,228 6,720 ______________________________________________________________________________ May 2000 April 2000 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 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."