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 October September Final Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 315,770 186,703 264,569 178,496 North America 99,760 53,494 111,007 58,493 Canada 87,931 48,510 99,233 54,153 Mexico 11,829 4,984 11,774 4,341 Western Europe 99,171 72,037 74,664 56,136 Euro Area 84,025 57,649 65,576 44,156 European Union 98,139 70,754 73,860 54,111 Austria 6,664 5,368 3,330 2,924 Belgium 2,993 2,077 362 452 Finland 4,591 1,403 1,546 429 France 15,759 10,077 12,198 7,533 Germany 41,674 31,724 27,561 23,305 Italy 1,673 1,821 4,351 2,678 Netherlands 5,761 2,346 12,083 4,148 Spain 4,903 2,828 3,939 2,599 Sweden 6,935 7,431 1,839 3,577 United Kingdom 7,178 5,673 6,445 6,377 Other EU 9 5 205 88 European Free Trade Association 386 616 262 479 Norway (-) 5 (-) (-) Switzerland 386 610 262 479 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 298 138 421 1,386 Other Western Europe 348 530 121 159 Eastern Europe/FSR 12,930 6,238 20,769 11,158 Poland 193 202 441 268 Former Soviet Republics 6,173 3,852 13,856 9,517 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 2,302 2,387 9,287 5,438 Russia 3,784 1,437 4,313 3,991 Other FSR 87 28 255 88 Other EE 6,563 2,184 6,472 1,373 Pacific Rim Countries 41,707 38,379 49,648 46,834 Australia 3 10 297 259 China 225 375 3,544 2,712 Indonesia (-) (-) 2,223 1,629 Japan 36,024 34,999 36,059 37,432 Korea 3,204 1,715 6,905 3,728 Taiwan 2,241 1,267 620 1,074 Other Pacific Rim 10 13 (-) (-) South/Central America 61,467 15,741 7,905 5,367 Argentina 1,694 1,823 1,121 1,074 Brazil 57,192 13,101 6,557 4,130 Colombia 276 180 227 163 Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A 2,306 637 (-) (-) Other Countries 734 813 576 508 India 702 785 558 498 South Africa (-) (-) 19 10 Other 32 28 (-) (-) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data October September Final Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 305,386 200,806 325,351 208,903 North America 96,918 46,977 95,491 47,252 Canada 87,377 42,982 91,866 44,950 Mexico 9,541 3,995 3,626 2,302 Western Europe 98,353 80,330 104,426 78,271 Euro Area 85,328 64,296 94,905 65,848 European Union 97,527 79,028 103,674 77,109 Austria 8,117 6,226 3,482 4,057 Belgium 1,249 1,309 3,354 1,648 Finland 359 289 2,630 1,041 France 11,832 12,969 16,834 12,620 Germany 44,116 34,261 46,056 35,491 Italy 1,840 1,616 3,871 3,051 Netherlands 16,824 7,043 17,295 6,939 Spain 659 424 992 816 Sweden 6,235 8,035 4,316 6,302 United Kingdom 5,960 6,685 4,453 4,959 Other EU 337 173 390 183 European Free Trade Association 241 428 349 566 Norway (-) (-) (-) (-) Switzerland 241 428 349 566 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 27 38 (-) (-) Other Western Europe 557 836 402 596 Eastern Europe/FSR 11,904 8,250 1,558 1,662 Poland 250 265 391 306 Former Soviet Republics 8,079 5,829 1,168 1,350 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 2,213 1,640 919 1,067 Russia 5,300 3,985 249 283 Other FSR 566 204 (-) (-) Other EE 3,576 2,155 (-) 6 Pacific Rim Countries 73,400 57,164 75,730 64,681 Australia (-) (-) 685 711 China 3,226 2,594 998 1,056 Indonesia 590 450 3,270 2,099 Japan 58,184 47,053 62,429 54,865 Korea 7,646 4,423 4,589 3,181 Taiwan 3,753 2,640 3,759 2,769 Other Pacific Rim (-) 3 (-) (-) South/Central America 24,643 7,947 47,658 16,787 Argentina 50 84 1,999 2,044 Brazil 24,278 7,659 45,658 14,743 Colombia 315 204 (-) (-) Venezuela (-) (-) (-) (-) Other S/C A (-) (-) (-) (-) Other Countries 168 138 488 250 India 94 79 77 72 South Africa 24 10 236 70 Other 50 49 175 108 ________________________________________________________________________________ October Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Countries and Areas Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Census Basis 2,816,449 1,834,483 3,469,900 2,140,457 North America 861,974 438,481 1,130,145 560,935 Canada 781,569 402,660 1,035,767 523,791 Mexico 80,405 35,822 94,378 37,144 Western Europe 910,944 725,260 1,201,188 877,095 Euro Area 755,108 568,009 1,035,907 715,376 European Union 899,084 711,299 1,172,340 862,496 Austria 75,679 60,863 38,605 40,096 Belgium 21,516 16,802 21,025 16,790 Finland 18,583 6,232 27,152 9,950 France 138,407 127,319 130,634 130,431 Germany 305,435 256,758 534,009 378,274 Italy 44,784 31,668 46,348 34,149 Netherlands 85,089 31,866 198,875 79,301 Spain 56,367 33,678 34,589 24,212 Sweden 73,477 77,000 69,556 86,381 United Kingdom 70,484 66,239 66,829 60,655 Other EU 9,262 2,873 4,719 2,257 European Free Trade Association 4,624 4,726 23,487 7,844 Norway 1,842 362 21,124 3,500 Switzerland 2,782 4,364 2,364 4,344 Other EFTA (-) (-) (-) (-) Turkey 2,898 2,823 1,756 823 Other Western Europe 4,339 6,411 3,605 5,932 Eastern Europe/FSR 101,227 61,655 105,076 56,951 Poland 4,301 3,069 7,518 3,086 Former Soviet Republics 69,332 44,194 85,122 45,703 Moldova (-) (-) (-) (-) Ukraine 26,024 18,078 24,439 14,070 Russia 42,965 26,000 35,133 22,166 Other FSR 343 116 25,549 9,466 Other EE 27,594 14,392 12,436 8,163 Pacific Rim Countries 508,739 477,473 647,881 508,653 Australia 2,564 2,436 1,910 2,769 China 18,645 17,767 20,466 15,807 Indonesia 11,758 7,015 4,427 3,665 Japan 401,199 400,638 502,622 415,717 Korea 59,383 34,684 97,556 50,081 Taiwan 14,976 14,646 20,091 20,011 Other Pacific Rim 215 287 809 604 South/Central America 429,061 127,609 379,680 132,616 Argentina 14,559 14,892 18,186 13,504 Brazil 406,285 109,759 357,553 117,803 Colombia 1,445 958 900 625 Venezuela 124 248 3,041 684 Other S/C A 6,648 1,752 (-) (-) Other Countries 4,504 4,005 5,931 4,207 India 3,014 3,328 1,952 2,132 South Africa 119 53 2,991 1,124 Other 1,370 623 988 950 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."