Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 2a. U.S. Imports For Consumption of Alloy Steel Products From Selected Countries and Areas: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/value In thousands of dollars. (-) Represents zero or less than one half of measurement shown. Details may not equal totals due to rounding. 2001 Data September August Final Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 264,569 178,496 357,654 191,333 North America 111,007 58,493 82,873 40,548 Canada 99,233 54,153 72,903 36,518 Mexico 11,774 4,341 9,970 4,029 Western Europe 74,664 56,136 87,561 67,974 Euro Area 65,576 44,156 72,010 53,317 European Union 73,860 54,111 86,385 66,801 Austria 3,330 2,924 9,897 6,734 Belgium 362 452 3,463 2,822 Finland 1,546 429 3,096 724 France 12,198 7,533 11,351 10,149 Germany 27,561 23,305 22,470 21,577 Italy 4,351 2,678 6,745 4,571 Netherlands 12,083 4,148 10,813 4,247 Spain 3,939 2,599 3,756 2,374 Sweden 1,839 3,577 5,609 5,854 United Kingdom 6,445 6,377 8,762 7,625 Other EU 205 88 423 125 European Free Trade Association 262 479 204 330 Norway (-) (-) 1 17 Switzerland 262 479 203 313 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 421 1,386 651 408 Other Western Europe 121 159 321 435 Eastern Europe/FSR 20,769 11,158 10,360 4,414 Poland 441 268 151 163 Former Soviet Republics 13,856 9,517 5,689 1,807 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 9,287 5,438 1,989 875 Russia 4,313 3,991 3,701 932 Other FSR 255 88 (-) (-) Other EE 6,472 1,373 4,520 2,445 Pacific Rim Countries 49,648 46,834 55,903 50,497 Australia 297 259 130 88 China 3,544 2,712 2,480 2,216 Indonesia 2,223 1,629 (-) (-) Japan 36,059 37,432 47,531 43,658 Korea 6,905 3,728 4,871 3,066 Taiwan 620 1,074 736 1,267 Other Pacific Rim (-) (-) 155 203 South/Central America 7,905 5,367 120,765 27,681 Argentina 1,121 1,074 760 936 Brazil 6,557 4,130 119,659 26,536 Colombia 227 163 346 208 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A (-) (-) (-) (-) Other Countries 576 508 191 219 India 558 498 120 156 South Africa 19 10 (-) (-) Other (-) (-) 71 63 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data September August Final Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 325,351 208,903 369,902 243,964 North America 95,491 47,252 93,805 46,038 Canada 91,866 44,950 87,641 43,033 Mexico 3,626 2,302 6,164 3,005 Western Europe 104,426 78,271 167,464 122,799 Euro Area 94,905 65,848 153,164 107,356 European Union 103,674 77,109 166,760 121,747 Austria 3,482 4,057 7,055 6,391 Belgium 3,354 1,648 3,296 3,106 Finland 2,630 1,041 1,802 1,007 France 16,834 12,620 19,475 18,949 Germany 46,056 35,491 78,848 57,664 Italy 3,871 3,051 7,787 5,037 Netherlands 17,295 6,939 30,793 12,808 Spain 992 816 2,094 1,494 Sweden 4,316 6,302 5,782 6,497 United Kingdom 4,453 4,959 7,814 7,894 Other EU 390 183 2,013 900 European Free Trade Association 349 566 260 380 Norway (-) (-) (-) (-) Switzerland 349 566 260 380 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey (-) (-) (-) (-) Other Western Europe 402 596 444 672 Eastern Europe/FSR 1,558 1,662 15,640 13,543 Poland 391 306 99 87 Former Soviet Republics 1,168 1,350 10,652 10,199 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 919 1,067 2,853 1,464 Russia 249 283 4,253 4,169 Other FSR (-) (-) 3,546 4,566 Other EE (-) 6 4,889 3,258 Pacific Rim Countries 75,730 64,681 60,502 47,807 Australia 685 711 37 109 China 998 1,056 3,116 1,696 Indonesia 3,270 2,099 (-) 4 Japan 62,429 54,865 42,475 36,522 Korea 4,589 3,181 11,888 6,713 Taiwan 3,759 2,769 2,966 2,747 Other Pacific Rim (-) (-) 18 16 South/Central America 47,658 16,787 31,935 13,381 Argentina 1,999 2,044 134 244 Brazil 45,658 14,743 31,490 12,924 Colombia (-) (-) 311 214 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A (-) (-) (-) (-) Other Countries 488 250 556 395 India 77 72 208 126 South Africa 236 70 255 194 Other 175 108 93 75 ________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,500,679 1,647,780 3,164,514 1,939,651 North America 762,213 384,987 1,033,227 513,958 Canada 693,638 354,149 948,389 480,809 Mexico 68,575 30,838 84,837 33,149 Western Europe 811,773 653,223 1,102,835 796,765 Euro Area 671,083 510,360 950,579 651,081 European Union 800,944 640,546 1,074,813 783,468 Austria 69,015 55,496 30,488 33,871 Belgium 18,523 14,725 19,776 15,481 Finland 13,992 4,829 26,793 9,661 France 122,648 117,242 118,803 117,462 Germany 263,762 225,034 489,892 344,014 Italy 43,111 29,847 44,509 32,533 Netherlands 79,328 29,519 182,051 72,258 Spain 51,464 30,851 33,930 23,788 Sweden 66,542 69,568 63,321 78,346 United Kingdom 63,306 60,566 60,869 53,969 Other EU 9,254 2,868 4,382 2,085 European Free Trade Association 4,238 4,110 23,246 7,416 Norway 1,842 357 21,124 3,500 Switzerland 2,396 3,754 2,122 3,916 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 2,600 2,685 1,729 785 Other Western Europe 3,991 5,882 3,048 5,096 Eastern Europe/FSR 88,296 55,417 93,172 48,701 Poland 4,107 2,867 7,268 2,821 Former Soviet Republics 63,158 40,342 77,043 39,874 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 23,722 15,692 22,227 12,430 Russia 39,181 24,562 29,833 18,182 Other FSR 255 88 24,984 9,262 Other EE 21,031 12,208 8,861 6,007 Pacific Rim Countries 467,032 439,093 574,481 451,489 Australia 2,561 2,426 1,910 2,769 China 18,419 17,391 17,240 13,212 Indonesia 11,758 7,015 3,837 3,215 Japan 365,175 365,639 444,438 368,664 Korea 56,179 32,969 89,909 45,658 Taiwan 12,735 13,379 16,338 17,371 Other Pacific Rim 205 274 809 600 South/Central America 367,595 111,868 355,036 124,669 Argentina 12,865 13,069 18,136 13,420 Brazil 349,094 96,658 333,274 110,143 Colombia 1,170 778 585 421 Venezuela 124 248 3,041 684 Other S/C A 4,342 1,115 (-) (-) Other Countries 3,770 3,192 5,763 4,069 India 2,312 2,544 1,858 2,054 South Africa 119 53 2,967 1,114 Other 1,339 595 938 901 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."