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. October 2001 September 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 269,175 172,238 249,828 167,438 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,853 1,493 1,885 1,348 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,972 6,633 11,871 3,086 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,570 5,505 10,383 3,611 Plates Cut Lengths 21,162 12,911 28,497 13,436 Plates In Coils 8,365 3,187 10,252 3,491 Rails Standard 2 3 46 57 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,709 25,596 50,349 25,755 Bars - Light Shaped 1,880 841 3,524 913 Bars - Cold Finished 5,394 6,033 4,927 4,884 Tool Steel 10,302 13,819 8,232 10,901 Standard Pipe 952 1,394 463 763 Oil Country Goods 15,915 18,758 14,278 21,738 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 13,564 10,398 28,555 20,057 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 35 45 1,805 2,647 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,226 12,035 7,559 9,178 Pressure Tubing 2,869 4,943 2,418 4,063 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 342 1,228 203 649 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,480 1,178 657 537 Pipe For Piling 78 39 6 3 Wire Drawn 7,306 7,686 5,353 5,473 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,115 3,068 7,751 3,842 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,572 8,702 14,013 6,469 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 31,055 16,119 24,201 13,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,949 3,130 2,996 2,165 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,561 2,487 7,070 4,786 Strip - Hot Rolled 864 455 402 339 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,084 4,552 2,130 4,137 _______________________________________________________________________________ September 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 264,569 178,496 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,885 1,348 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,136 4,796 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,383 3,611 Plates Cut Lengths 28,750 13,549 Plates In Coils 10,405 3,635 Rails Standard 46 57 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,030 28,363 Bars - Light Shaped 3,524 913 Bars - Cold Finished 7,867 6,068 Tool Steel 8,641 12,419 Standard Pipe 504 810 Oil Country Goods 18,830 25,070 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 28,555 20,057 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,805 2,647 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,570 9,172 Pressure Tubing 2,470 4,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 833 Structural Pipe & Tube 680 554 Pipe For Piling 6 3 Wire Drawn 5,461 5,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,751 3,842 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,101 6,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,201 13,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,996 2,165 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,097 4,801 Strip - Hot Rolled 402 339 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,130 4,137 __________________________________________________________________________ October 2000 September 2000 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 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."