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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,770 186,703 264,569 178,496 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,587 2,209 1,885 1,348 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 66,723 13,731 14,136 4,796 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,570 5,505 10,383 3,611 Plates Cut Lengths 21,251 12,958 28,750 13,549 Plates In Coils 8,365 3,187 10,405 3,635 Rails Standard 2 3 46 57 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,892 26,458 54,030 28,363 Bars - Light Shaped 1,916 851 3,524 913 Bars - Cold Finished 5,602 6,234 7,867 6,068 Tool Steel 13,221 16,785 8,641 12,419 Standard Pipe 1,011 1,518 504 810 Oil Country Goods 19,004 20,717 18,830 25,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 13,564 10,403 28,555 20,057 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 36 57 1,805 2,647 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,496 12,346 7,570 9,172 Pressure Tubing 2,869 4,957 2,470 4,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,236 343 833 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,482 1,184 680 554 Pipe For Piling 78 39 6 3 Wire Drawn 7,316 7,695 5,461 5,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,136 3,074 7,751 3,842 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,572 8,706 14,101 6,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 31,107 16,142 24,201 13,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,949 3,130 2,996 2,165 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,728 2,570 7,097 4,801 Strip - Hot Rolled 864 455 402 339 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,084 4,554 2,130 4,137 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,386 200,806 325,351 208,903 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,951 1,067 2,702 1,777 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,889 9,549 49,254 12,846 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,848 5,716 9,510 3,395 Plates Cut Lengths 15,197 10,308 19,963 10,918 Plates In Coils 10,519 5,226 14,040 6,361 Rails Standard 31 21 60 75 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,195 29,491 56,381 29,719 Bars - Light Shaped 861 283 1,267 536 Bars - Cold Finished 6,555 7,025 4,588 4,926 Tool Steel 14,222 20,067 15,216 19,009 Standard Pipe 812 1,073 1,924 2,464 Oil Country Goods 21,194 20,560 20,789 25,205 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 4 109 27 80 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 5,620 3,484 20 37 Line Pipe - Not Specified 133 157 1,956 1,238 Mechanical Tubing 9,088 11,271 13,333 16,795 Pressure Tubing 2,134 2,648 963 1,166 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 309 969 107 226 Structural Pipe & Tube 727 915 732 1,116 Pipe For Piling 12 6 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,367 8,236 6,275 7,050 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,411 4,661 11,790 5,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 32,497 17,838 32,138 17,419 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,907 20,700 43,076 24,152 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,657 4,446 8,741 4,971 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,314 7,926 6,855 5,031 Strip - Hot Rolled 401 323 936 805 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,533 6,727 2,709 5,859 ________________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,816,449 1,834,483 3,469,900 2,140,457 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,104 13,011 41,127 19,356 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 436,396 104,605 527,125 144,577 Structural Shapes Heavy 127,311 43,234 103,321 38,167 Plates Cut Lengths 194,327 121,049 192,628 122,730 Plates In Coils 76,267 28,192 114,994 50,740 Rails Standard 2,275 1,324 3,787 1,376 Bars - Hot Rolled 555,471 284,702 604,422 305,729 Bars - Light Shaped 14,138 5,262 24,337 8,778 Bars - Cold Finished 64,893 65,456 60,997 59,500 Tool Steel 120,747 168,483 136,060 186,769 Standard Pipe 10,295 15,193 18,730 25,187 Oil Country Goods 221,280 252,096 166,293 164,653 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 77,036 51,300 141,537 90,865 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 14,503 13,119 10,510 7,826 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 10,730 5,353 Mechanical Tubing 106,421 130,399 90,532 122,039 Pressure Tubing 27,026 39,998 23,033 29,525 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,334 7,986 3,425 7,304 Structural Pipe & Tube 9,903 9,335 5,419 9,199 Pipe For Piling 394 148 19,032 13,144 Wire Drawn 65,952 70,490 73,897 79,617 Sheets Hot Rolled 67,857 34,849 99,833 49,296 Sheets Cold Rolled 221,794 110,399 365,680 181,069 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 236,881 126,092 427,778 236,226 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 31,400 22,195 80,726 45,710 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 81,508 56,189 92,487 67,200 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,415 2,957 5,853 4,084 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,520 56,419 25,609 64,438 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."