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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 298,935 187,724 230,531 165,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,096 1,516 2,306 1,212 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 72,332 14,957 2,255 1,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,157 4,419 7,932 2,824 Plates Cut Lengths 19,764 12,106 26,538 14,870 Plates In Coils 5,067 1,749 8,740 3,188 Rails Standard 519 390 141 150 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,166 28,546 54,961 27,311 Bars - Light Shaped 1,393 560 1,285 447 Bars - Cold Finished 7,657 7,681 8,827 8,025 Tool Steel 10,614 16,242 9,190 13,469 Standard Pipe 884 1,341 1,090 1,562 Oil Country Goods 21,709 27,520 22,970 26,989 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 3,863 2,989 9,460 6,182 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 3,612 3,264 1,229 1,487 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,590 11,792 8,169 10,207 Pressure Tubing 4,379 6,745 2,634 4,274 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 809 301 1,155 Structural Pipe & Tube 859 719 728 639 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,075 7,765 6,603 6,856 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,023 2,451 7,149 3,623 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,722 9,759 20,119 9,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,103 12,410 13,990 7,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,127 1,813 2,478 1,566 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,182 4,429 8,836 6,312 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 224 476 351 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,490 5,531 2,122 4,921 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,340 211,103 363,642 225,489 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,360 1,637 12,465 4,059 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,224 13,659 54,614 14,046 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,342 3,571 8,959 3,338 Plates Cut Lengths 19,377 12,223 22,275 16,786 Plates In Coils 12,491 5,849 10,061 4,340 Rails Standard (-) (-) 3 9 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,808 25,289 66,415 32,677 Bars - Light Shaped 1,753 643 2,391 850 Bars - Cold Finished 5,249 5,836 8,781 8,450 Tool Steel 11,092 17,133 12,779 18,047 Standard Pipe 3,106 2,978 1,482 2,047 Oil Country Goods 22,180 21,025 18,695 20,025 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 1,198 930 11,273 7,679 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 2,632 1,844 401 349 Line Pipe - Not Specified 546 251 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,817 13,695 11,843 13,622 Pressure Tubing 1,299 1,679 2,323 2,766 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 191 638 141 604 Structural Pipe & Tube 514 917 815 989 Pipe For Piling 385 165 5 21 Wire Drawn 8,771 9,064 7,789 8,276 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,181 5,833 13,375 6,519 Sheets Cold Rolled 36,471 17,613 31,392 16,197 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 56,735 31,148 42,646 23,726 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,390 4,552 6,704 3,977 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,858 6,678 12,919 9,098 Strip - Hot Rolled 734 326 588 415 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,636 5,927 2,506 6,575 ________________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,878,456 1,277,951 2,469,261 1,486,784 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,152 7,942 33,002 14,531 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 236,215 62,040 411,121 110,702 Structural Shapes Heavy 81,907 28,198 68,581 25,125 Plates Cut Lengths 121,568 80,756 136,154 86,513 Plates In Coils 50,032 17,962 75,551 32,628 Rails Standard 2,110 1,174 3,542 1,113 Bars - Hot Rolled 385,517 200,792 420,000 207,678 Bars - Light Shaped 7,414 3,006 18,537 6,585 Bars - Cold Finished 45,849 46,695 42,221 39,923 Tool Steel 87,997 125,719 92,299 128,308 Standard Pipe 8,314 12,057 13,486 17,197 Oil Country Goods 166,721 187,078 102,518 98,568 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 30,992 18,138 140,896 90,394 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 7,594 7,173 4,814 4,081 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 660 328 Mechanical Tubing 79,010 96,437 60,556 83,405 Pressure Tubing 17,999 25,119 15,235 20,143 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,253 4,422 2,873 5,820 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,387 6,003 3,407 5,834 Pipe For Piling 310 105 18,986 13,122 Wire Drawn 45,852 49,317 51,789 55,483 Sheets Hot Rolled 45,346 23,810 66,659 33,139 Sheets Cold Rolled 173,125 86,003 248,123 118,963 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 159,737 85,079 296,392 162,366 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,919 13,977 53,968 30,166 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 62,872 43,539 66,808 46,792 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,023 2,093 3,792 2,405 Strip - Cold Rolled 17,242 43,319 17,291 45,472 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."