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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,769 198,629 315,770 186,703 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,346 1,413 4,587 2,209 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 110,106 21,720 66,723 13,731 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,307 3,716 16,570 5,505 Plates Cut Lengths 26,791 14,235 21,251 12,958 Plates In Coils 6,684 2,201 8,365 3,187 Rails Standard 84 65 2 3 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,851 32,307 57,892 26,458 Bars - Light Shaped 2,619 990 1,916 851 Bars - Cold Finished 9,458 9,876 5,602 6,234 Tool Steel 10,218 13,269 13,221 16,785 Standard Pipe 946 1,744 1,011 1,518 Oil Country Goods 18,992 22,448 19,004 20,717 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 12,117 7,400 13,564 10,403 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 55 117 36 57 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,516 10,629 9,496 12,346 Pressure Tubing 4,920 8,282 2,869 4,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 225 1,335 343 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,194 906 1,482 1,184 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 78 39 Wire Drawn 7,540 7,545 7,316 7,695 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,350 3,181 6,136 3,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,377 9,968 16,572 8,706 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,700 15,119 31,107 16,142 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,350 1,700 3,949 3,130 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,746 4,750 3,728 2,570 Strip - Hot Rolled 398 244 864 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,879 3,468 2,084 4,554 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,313 191,865 305,386 200,806 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,909 1,050 1,951 1,067 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,197 17,217 34,889 9,549 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,120 3,609 15,848 5,716 Plates Cut Lengths 13,343 10,018 15,197 10,308 Plates In Coils 7,383 3,268 10,519 5,226 Rails Standard 1,153 403 31 21 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,916 27,588 58,195 29,491 Bars - Light Shaped 2,192 725 861 283 Bars - Cold Finished 5,420 6,206 6,555 7,025 Tool Steel 12,503 18,275 14,222 20,067 Standard Pipe 1,268 1,769 812 1,073 Oil Country Goods 19,907 18,080 21,194 20,560 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 1,712 1,183 4 109 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 28 146 5,620 3,484 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 9 133 157 Mechanical Tubing 9,242 11,897 9,088 11,271 Pressure Tubing 1,271 1,539 2,134 2,648 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 111 311 309 969 Structural Pipe & Tube 594 913 727 915 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 12 6 Wire Drawn 7,917 8,315 7,367 8,236 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,907 4,943 9,411 4,661 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,703 18,433 32,497 17,838 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,305 19,194 36,907 20,700 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,984 3,535 7,657 4,446 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,264 6,776 10,314 7,926 Strip - Hot Rolled 542 393 401 323 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,404 6,071 2,533 6,727 ________________________________________________________________________________ November Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,182,218 2,033,112 3,778,213 2,332,322 Ingots And Steel For Castings 24,450 14,424 43,035 20,406 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 546,502 126,325 591,322 161,794 Structural Shapes Heavy 138,618 46,950 113,440 41,776 Plates Cut Lengths 221,118 135,284 205,971 132,749 Plates In Coils 82,951 30,393 122,376 54,008 Rails Standard 2,358 1,390 4,941 1,779 Bars - Hot Rolled 617,322 317,009 657,338 333,317 Bars - Light Shaped 16,757 6,252 26,529 9,503 Bars - Cold Finished 74,350 75,331 66,417 65,706 Tool Steel 130,964 181,752 148,563 205,044 Standard Pipe 11,242 16,938 19,998 26,956 Oil Country Goods 240,272 274,545 186,200 182,732 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 89,153 58,700 143,248 92,048 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 14,558 13,236 10,538 7,972 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 10,751 5,362 Mechanical Tubing 114,937 141,028 99,775 133,937 Pressure Tubing 31,947 48,280 24,303 31,064 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,559 9,322 3,536 7,616 Structural Pipe & Tube 11,097 10,241 6,013 10,112 Pipe For Piling 394 148 19,032 13,144 Wire Drawn 73,492 78,034 81,814 87,932 Sheets Hot Rolled 74,207 38,030 109,740 54,239 Sheets Cold Rolled 244,172 120,367 397,382 199,501 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 265,581 141,212 463,082 255,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,750 23,895 86,710 49,245 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 89,255 60,939 101,750 73,976 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,813 3,201 6,395 4,477 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,399 59,887 28,013 70,509 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."