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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 264,569 178,496 357,654 191,333 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,885 1,348 2,480 1,511 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,136 4,796 119,323 24,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,383 3,611 18,451 5,920 Plates Cut Lengths 28,750 13,549 22,757 13,786 Plates In Coils 10,405 3,635 7,466 3,408 Rails Standard 46 57 117 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,030 28,363 58,032 29,089 Bars - Light Shaped 3,524 913 1,284 493 Bars - Cold Finished 7,867 6,068 5,575 6,459 Tool Steel 8,641 12,419 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 504 810 466 809 Oil Country Goods 18,830 25,070 16,726 19,232 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 28,555 20,057 3,925 2,703 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,805 2,647 5,068 3,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,570 9,172 10,344 12,444 Pressure Tubing 2,470 4,147 3,689 5,776 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 833 395 1,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 680 554 1,354 1,594 Pipe For Piling 6 3 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,461 5,548 7,323 7,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,751 3,842 8,624 4,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,101 6,503 17,997 9,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,201 13,111 21,835 11,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,996 2,165 3,536 2,923 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,097 4,801 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 402 339 126 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,130 4,137 2,064 4,410 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,351 208,903 369,902 243,964 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,702 1,777 3,472 1,982 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 49,254 12,846 31,861 11,480 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,510 3,395 9,382 3,932 Plates Cut Lengths 19,963 10,918 21,314 14,991 Plates In Coils 14,040 6,361 14,884 6,525 Rails Standard 60 75 154 167 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,381 29,719 69,845 38,841 Bars - Light Shaped 1,267 536 3,673 1,374 Bars - Cold Finished 4,588 4,926 7,633 7,625 Tool Steel 15,216 19,009 14,324 19,386 Standard Pipe 1,924 2,464 2,508 4,453 Oil Country Goods 20,789 25,205 21,792 20,319 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 27 80 609 282 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 20 37 56 224 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,956 1,238 7,980 3,629 Mechanical Tubing 13,333 16,795 7,556 10,568 Pressure Tubing 963 1,166 4,700 5,568 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 107 226 136 289 Structural Pipe & Tube 732 1,116 553 1,333 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 35 15 Wire Drawn 6,275 7,050 8,466 8,848 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,790 5,728 11,975 5,768 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,138 17,419 52,921 26,848 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 43,076 24,152 51,403 29,009 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,741 4,971 10,361 6,128 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,855 5,031 8,509 7,451 Strip - Hot Rolled 936 805 724 550 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,709 5,859 3,075 6,379 ________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,500,679 1,647,780 3,164,514 1,939,651 Ingots And Steel For Castings 17,517 10,802 39,176 18,289 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 369,674 90,874 492,236 135,028 Structural Shapes Heavy 110,741 37,728 87,473 32,451 Plates Cut Lengths 173,075 108,091 177,431 112,422 Plates In Coils 67,902 25,005 104,474 45,514 Rails Standard 2,273 1,321 3,757 1,355 Bars - Hot Rolled 497,579 258,243 546,227 276,238 Bars - Light Shaped 12,222 4,412 23,477 8,495 Bars - Cold Finished 59,290 59,222 54,442 52,474 Tool Steel 107,526 151,698 121,838 166,702 Standard Pipe 9,284 13,675 17,918 24,114 Oil Country Goods 202,276 231,380 145,100 144,092 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 63,472 40,897 141,533 90,756 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 14,467 13,062 4,890 4,342 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 10,597 5,196 Mechanical Tubing 96,925 118,053 81,444 110,768 Pressure Tubing 24,157 35,041 20,898 26,877 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,991 6,751 3,116 6,335 Structural Pipe & Tube 8,422 8,151 4,692 8,283 Pipe For Piling 316 109 19,021 13,137 Wire Drawn 58,636 62,795 66,530 71,381 Sheets Hot Rolled 61,721 31,776 90,423 44,635 Sheets Cold Rolled 205,222 101,693 333,183 163,230 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 205,774 109,950 390,871 215,526 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 27,451 19,065 73,069 41,264 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 77,780 53,619 82,173 59,274 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,551 2,502 5,453 3,761 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,436 51,865 23,075 57,710 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."