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. August 2001 July 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 239,574 165,262 232,766 172,321 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,478 1,492 2,096 1,516 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 9,083 2,355 10,625 2,997 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,417 5,911 12,157 4,419 Plates Cut Lengths 22,613 13,697 19,682 12,071 Plates In Coils 7,424 3,296 5,067 1,749 Rails Standard 117 90 519 390 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,577 28,175 57,992 28,408 Bars - Light Shaped 1,190 465 1,332 539 Bars - Cold Finished 5,479 6,380 7,640 7,640 Tool Steel 9,955 12,819 10,098 15,884 Standard Pipe 417 643 858 1,313 Oil Country Goods 15,827 18,556 20,696 27,008 Line Pipe>16Inches In Diameter 3,921 2,703 3,863 2,985 Line Pipe<=16Inches In Diameter 5,068 3,242 1,286 1,233 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,324 12,392 9,437 11,639 Pressure Tubing 3,541 5,609 4,379 6,745 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 393 1,496 231 697 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,184 1,559 790 687 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 3 31 Wire Drawn 7,224 7,844 7,073 7,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 4,123 4,019 2,448 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,745 9,050 18,718 9,751 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,039 11,298 23,103 12,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,000 2,602 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 1,999 4,117 2,490 5,531 _______________________________________________________________________________ July 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 298,935 187,724 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,096 1,516 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 72,332 14,957 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,157 4,419 Plates Cut Lengths 19,764 12,106 Plates In Coils 5,067 1,749 Rails Standard 519 390 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,166 28,546 Bars - Light Shaped 1,393 560 Bars - Cold Finished 7,657 7,681 Tool Steel 10,614 16,242 Standard Pipe 884 1,341 Oil Country Goods 21,709 27,520 Line Pipe>16Inches In Diameter 3,863 2,989 Line Pipe<=16Inches In Diameter 3,612 3,264 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,590 11,792 Pressure Tubing 4,379 6,745 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 809 Structural Pipe & Tube 859 719 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,075 7,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,023 2,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,722 9,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,103 12,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,127 1,813 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,182 4,429 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 224 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,490 5,531 ________________________________________________________________________________ August 2000 July 2000 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>16Inches In Diameter 609 282 1,198 930 Line Pipe<=16Inches 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 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."