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 September 2001 August 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 249,828 167,438 239,574 165,262 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,885 1,348 2,478 1,492 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 11,871 3,086 9,083 2,355 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,383 3,611 18,417 5,911 Plates Cut Lengths 28,497 13,436 22,613 13,697 Plates In Coils 10,252 3,491 7,424 3,296 Rails Standard 46 57 117 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,349 25,755 54,577 28,175 Bars - Light Shaped 3,524 913 1,190 465 Bars - Cold Finished 4,927 4,884 5,479 6,380 Tool Steel 8,232 10,901 9,955 12,819 Standard Pipe 463 763 417 643 Oil Country Goods 14,278 21,738 15,827 18,556 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 28,555 20,057 3,921 2,703 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,805 2,647 5,068 3,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,559 9,178 10,324 12,392 Pressure Tubing 2,418 4,063 3,541 5,609 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 203 649 393 1,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 657 537 1,184 1,559 Pipe For Piling 6 3 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,353 5,473 7,224 7,844 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,751 3,842 8,624 4,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,013 6,469 17,745 9,050 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,201 13,111 21,039 11,298 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,996 2,165 3,000 2,602 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,070 4,786 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 402 339 126 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,130 4,137 1,999 4,117 ______________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 357,654 191,333 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,511 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 119,323 24,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,451 5,920 Plates Cut Lengths 22,757 13,786 Plates In Coils 7,466 3,408 Rails Standard 117 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,032 29,089 Bars - Light Shaped 1,284 493 Bars - Cold Finished 5,575 6,459 Tool Steel 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 466 809 Oil Country Goods 16,726 19,232 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 3,925 2,703 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 5,068 3,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,344 12,444 Pressure Tubing 3,689 5,776 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 395 1,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,354 1,594 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,323 7,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 4,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,997 9,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,835 11,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,536 2,923 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 126 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,064 4,410 _______________________________________________________________________________ September 2000 August 2000 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 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."