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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 357,654 191,333 298,935 187,724 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,511 2,096 1,516 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 119,323 24,038 72,332 14,957 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,451 5,920 12,157 4,419 Plates Cut Lengths 22,757 13,786 19,764 12,106 Plates In Coils 7,466 3,408 5,067 1,749 Rails Standard 117 90 519 390 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,032 29,089 58,166 28,546 Bars - Light Shaped 1,284 493 1,393 560 Bars - Cold Finished 5,575 6,459 7,657 7,681 Tool Steel 10,888 13,560 10,614 16,242 Standard Pipe 466 809 884 1,341 Oil Country Goods 16,726 19,232 21,709 27,520 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 3,925 2,703 3,863 2,989 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 5,068 3,242 3,612 3,264 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,344 12,444 9,590 11,792 Pressure Tubing 3,689 5,776 4,379 6,745 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 395 1,496 249 809 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,354 1,594 859 719 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,323 7,930 7,075 7,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 4,123 4,023 2,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,997 9,188 18,722 9,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,835 11,761 23,103 12,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,536 2,923 2,127 1,813 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,810 5,280 6,182 4,429 Strip - Hot Rolled 126 70 304 224 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,064 4,410 2,490 5,531 ____________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 369,902 243,964 333,340 211,103 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,472 1,982 3,360 1,637 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,861 11,480 43,224 13,659 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,382 3,932 9,342 3,571 Plates Cut Lengths 21,314 14,991 19,377 12,223 Plates In Coils 14,884 6,525 12,491 5,849 Rails Standard 154 167 (-) (-) Bars - Hot Rolled 69,845 38,841 49,808 25,289 Bars - Light Shaped 3,673 1,374 1,753 643 Bars - Cold Finished 7,633 7,625 5,249 5,836 Tool Steel 14,324 19,386 11,092 17,133 Standard Pipe 2,508 4,453 3,106 2,978 Oil Country Goods 21,792 20,319 22,180 21,025 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 609 282 1,198 930 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 56 224 2,632 1,844 Line Pipe - Not Specified 7,980 3,629 546 251 Mechanical Tubing 7,556 10,568 9,817 13,695 Pressure Tubing 4,700 5,568 1,299 1,679 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 136 289 191 638 Structural Pipe & Tube 553 1,333 514 917 Pipe For Piling 35 15 385 165 Wire Drawn 8,466 8,848 8,771 9,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,975 5,768 12,181 5,833 Sheets Cold Rolled 52,921 26,848 36,471 17,613 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 51,403 29,009 56,735 31,148 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 10,361 6,128 8,390 4,552 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,509 7,451 9,858 6,678 Strip - Hot Rolled 724 550 734 326 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,075 6,379 2,636 5,927 ____________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,236,110 1,469,284 2,839,163 1,730,748 Ingots And Steel For Castings 15,632 9,454 36,474 16,512 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 355,538 86,078 442,982 122,182 Structural Shapes Heavy 100,358 34,118 77,963 29,056 Plates Cut Lengths 144,325 94,542 157,468 101,504 Plates In Coils 57,498 21,369 90,435 39,153 Rails Standard 2,227 1,264 3,697 1,279 Bars - Hot Rolled 443,549 229,880 489,846 246,519 Bars - Light Shaped 8,698 3,499 22,210 7,960 Bars - Cold Finished 51,424 53,154 49,854 47,548 Tool Steel 98,884 139,279 106,622 147,694 Standard Pipe 8,780 12,865 15,994 21,650 Oil Country Goods 183,446 206,310 124,310 118,887 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 34,917 20,840 141,506 90,676 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 12,662 10,415 4,870 4,305 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 8,641 3,957 Mechanical Tubing 89,355 108,881 68,111 93,973 Pressure Tubing 21,688 30,894 19,935 25,711 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,648 5,918 3,009 6,109 Structural Pipe & Tube 7,741 7,598 3,959 7,167 Pipe For Piling 310 105 19,021 13,137 Wire Drawn 53,175 57,247 60,255 64,331 Sheets Hot Rolled 53,970 27,933 78,633 38,907 Sheets Cold Rolled 191,121 95,190 301,044 145,811 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 181,572 96,840 347,795 191,374 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,455 16,900 64,328 36,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,683 48,819 75,317 54,242 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,149 2,164 4,516 2,956 Strip - Cold Rolled 19,305 47,728 20,366 51,851 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."