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. July 2001 June 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 232,766 172,321 225,348 164,804 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,096 1,516 2,306 1,212 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,625 2,997 2,255 1,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,157 4,419 7,932 2,824 Plates Cut Lengths 19,682 12,071 26,516 14,860 Plates In Coils 5,067 1,749 8,740 3,188 Rails Standard 519 390 141 150 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,992 28,408 51,183 26,142 Bars - Light Shaped 1,332 539 1,280 444 Bars - Cold Finished 7,640 7,640 8,810 8,009 Tool Steel 10,098 15,884 8,949 13,106 Standard Pipe 858 1,313 958 1,425 Oil Country Goods 20,696 27,008 22,942 26,925 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 3,863 2,985 9,460 6,182 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,286 1,233 1,229 3,350 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,437 11,639 8,126 10,149 Pressure Tubing 4,379 6,745 2,634 4,274 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 231 697 173 538 Structural Pipe & Tube 790 687 728 639 Pipe For Piling 3 31 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,073 7,765 6,573 6,819 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,019 2,448 7,149 3,623 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,718 9,751 20,033 9,363 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,103 12,410 13,976 7,548 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,127 1,813 1,813 1,230 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,182 4,429 8,836 6,312 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 224 480 358 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,490 5,531 2,123 4,921 _______________________________________________________________________________ June 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 230,531 165,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,306 1,212 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,255 1,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,932 2,824 Plates Cut Lengths 26,538 14,870 Plates In Coils 8,740 3,188 Rails Standard 141 150 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,961 27,311 Bars - Light Shaped 1,285 447 Bars - Cold Finished 8,827 8,025 Tool Steel 9,190 13,469 Standard Pipe 1,090 1,562 Oil Country Goods 22,970 26,989 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 9,460 6,182 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,229 1,487 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,169 10,207 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,274 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 301 1,155 Structural Pipe & Tube 728 639 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,603 6,856 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,149 3,623 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,119 9,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,990 7,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,478 1,566 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,836 6,312 Strip - Hot Rolled 476 351 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,122 4,921 _______________________________________________________________________________ July 2000 June 2000 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 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."