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. June 2001 May 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 225,348 164,804 276,881 188,949 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,306 1,212 1,639 924 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,255 1,211 7,532 3,153 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,932 2,824 21,723 6,958 Plates Cut Lengths 26,516 14,860 18,716 13,062 Plates In Coils 8,740 3,188 9,541 2,887 Rails Standard 141 150 245 134 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,183 26,142 60,896 32,350 Bars - Light Shaped 1,280 444 1,522 638 Bars - Cold Finished 8,810 8,009 5,868 6,013 Tool Steel 8,949 13,106 13,600 18,512 Standard Pipe 958 1,425 2,017 3,082 Oil Country Goods 22,942 26,925 23,413 24,156 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 9,460 6,182 10,662 5,071 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,229 3,350 513 462 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,126 10,149 14,573 17,109 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,274 1,908 2,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 173 538 156 430 Structural Pipe & Tube 728 639 743 918 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,573 6,819 6,540 6,859 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,149 3,623 7,763 3,592 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,033 9,363 23,887 11,760 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,976 7,548 30,143 15,715 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,813 1,230 2,251 1,534 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,836 6,312 8,179 5,383 Strip - Hot Rolled 480 358 901 621 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,123 4,921 1,949 4,938 ______________________________________________________________________________ May 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 302,099 197,617 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,639 924 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,807 9,417 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,723 6,958 Plates Cut Lengths 18,733 13,070 Plates In Coils 9,541 2,887 Rails Standard 245 134 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,777 33,186 Bars - Light Shaped 1,554 647 Bars - Cold Finished 5,868 6,013 Tool Steel 13,986 19,508 Standard Pipe 2,050 3,215 Oil Country Goods 23,512 24,230 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 10,662 5,071 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 513 462 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,573 17,109 Pressure Tubing 1,908 2,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 159 449 Structural Pipe & Tube 743 918 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,556 6,877 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,027 3,742 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,102 11,862 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,143 15,715 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,251 1,534 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,174 5,402 Strip - Hot Rolled 903 663 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 4,938 _____________________________________________________________________________ June 2000 May 2000 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 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."