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. November 2001 October 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 273,796 174,643 269,175 172,238 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,318 1,384 2,853 1,493 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,077 6,826 30,972 6,633 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,307 3,716 16,570 5,505 Plates Cut Lengths 26,751 14,222 21,162 12,911 Plates In Coils 6,684 2,201 8,365 3,187 Rails Standard 84 65 2 3 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,305 27,214 55,709 25,596 Bars - Light Shaped 2,560 974 1,880 841 Bars - Cold Finished 8,250 8,578 5,394 6,033 Tool Steel 9,890 12,873 10,302 13,819 Standard Pipe 913 1,701 952 1,394 Oil Country Goods 17,484 21,267 15,915 18,758 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 12,117 7,400 13,564 10,398 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 13 117 35 45 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,527 10,641 9,226 12,035 Pressure Tubing 4,892 8,222 2,869 4,943 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 225 1,335 342 1,228 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,171 894 1,480 1,178 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 78 39 Wire Drawn 7,456 7,256 7,306 7,686 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,339 3,174 6,115 3,068 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,342 9,929 16,572 8,702 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,582 15,057 31,055 16,119 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,289 1,664 3,949 3,130 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,970 4,325 3,561 2,487 Strip - Hot Rolled 393 158 864 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,856 3,447 2,084 4,552 ________________________________________________________________________________ October 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,770 186,703 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,587 2,209 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 66,723 13,731 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,570 5,505 Plates Cut Lengths 21,251 12,958 Plates In Coils 8,365 3,187 Rails Standard 2 3 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,892 26,458 Bars - Light Shaped 1,916 851 Bars - Cold Finished 5,602 6,234 Tool Steel 13,221 16,785 Standard Pipe 1,011 1,518 Oil Country Goods 19,004 20,717 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 13,564 10,403 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 36 57 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,496 12,346 Pressure Tubing 2,869 4,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,482 1,184 Pipe For Piling 78 39 Wire Drawn 7,316 7,695 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,136 3,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,572 8,706 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 31,107 16,142 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,949 3,130 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,728 2,570 Strip - Hot Rolled 864 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,084 4,554 ______________________________________________________________________________ November 2000 October 2000 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 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."