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 June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 230,531 165,779 302,099 197,617 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,306 1,212 1,639 924 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,255 1,211 30,807 9,417 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,932 2,824 21,723 6,958 Plates Cut Lengths 26,538 14,870 18,733 13,070 Plates In Coils 8,740 3,188 9,541 2,887 Rails Standard 141 150 245 134 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,961 27,311 61,777 33,186 Bars - Light Shaped 1,285 447 1,554 647 Bars - Cold Finished 8,827 8,025 5,868 6,013 Tool Steel 9,190 13,469 13,986 19,508 Standard Pipe 1,090 1,562 2,050 3,215 Oil Country Goods 22,970 26,989 23,512 24,230 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 9,460 6,182 10,662 5,071 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,229 1,487 513 462 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,169 10,207 14,573 17,109 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,274 1,908 2,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 301 1,155 159 449 Structural Pipe & Tube 728 639 743 918 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,603 6,856 6,556 6,877 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,149 3,623 8,027 3,742 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,119 9,392 24,102 11,862 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,990 7,556 30,143 15,715 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,478 1,566 2,251 1,534 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,836 6,312 8,174 5,402 Strip - Hot Rolled 476 351 903 663 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,122 4,921 1,949 4,938 ______________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data June May Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 363,642 225,489 413,358 244,606 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,465 4,059 6,528 3,051 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 54,614 14,046 70,460 20,947 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,959 3,338 10,864 4,023 Plates Cut Lengths 22,275 16,786 18,923 13,113 Plates In Coils 10,061 4,340 14,647 6,403 Rails Standard 3 9 902 330 Bars - Hot Rolled 66,415 32,677 77,883 35,132 Bars - Light Shaped 2,391 850 5,631 2,061 Bars - Cold Finished 8,781 8,450 9,373 8,495 Tool Steel 12,779 18,047 14,012 18,863 Standard Pipe 1,482 2,047 2,914 3,268 Oil Country Goods 18,695 20,025 16,680 15,535 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 11,273 7,679 40,116 25,172 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 401 349 1,544 997 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 40 20 Mechanical Tubing 11,843 13,622 9,153 12,318 Pressure Tubing 2,323 2,766 2,708 3,749 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 141 604 256 723 Structural Pipe & Tube 815 989 427 916 Pipe For Piling 5 21 358 150 Wire Drawn 7,789 8,276 8,723 9,156 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,375 6,519 9,670 4,967 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,392 16,197 36,156 18,127 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 42,646 23,726 35,458 19,310 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,704 3,977 8,338 4,465 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,919 9,098 8,348 6,257 Strip - Hot Rolled 588 415 512 361 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,506 6,575 2,736 6,696 ______________________________________________________________________________ June Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,579,521 1,090,227 2,135,922 1,275,681 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,056 6,426 29,642 12,894 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 163,883 47,083 367,897 97,043 Structural Shapes Heavy 69,749 23,779 59,239 21,554 Plates Cut Lengths 101,804 68,650 116,777 74,290 Plates In Coils 44,965 16,212 63,060 26,779 Rails Standard 1,591 784 3,542 1,113 Bars - Hot Rolled 327,351 172,246 370,192 182,389 Bars - Light Shaped 6,020 2,446 16,783 5,942 Bars - Cold Finished 38,192 39,014 36,972 34,088 Tool Steel 77,383 109,477 81,207 111,175 Standard Pipe 7,430 10,716 10,379 14,219 Oil Country Goods 145,011 159,558 80,339 77,543 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 27,129 15,149 139,698 89,464 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 3,983 3,908 2,182 2,237 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 114 77 Mechanical Tubing 69,421 84,645 50,739 69,711 Pressure Tubing 13,620 18,374 13,936 18,464 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,004 3,613 2,682 5,182 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,529 5,284 2,893 4,918 Pipe For Piling 310 105 18,601 12,957 Wire Drawn 38,777 41,553 43,018 46,419 Sheets Hot Rolled 41,323 21,360 54,477 27,307 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,403 76,244 211,653 101,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 136,634 72,669 239,657 131,218 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 18,792 12,164 45,578 25,614 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 56,690 39,110 56,951 40,114 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,719 1,869 3,058 2,080 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,752 37,787 14,655 39,545 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."