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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,055 168,360 365,769 198,629 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,105 646 2,346 1,413 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 108,053 20,929 110,106 21,720 Structural Shapes Heavy 19,385 6,528 11,307 3,716 Plates Cut Lengths 22,656 11,102 26,791 14,235 Plates In Coils 6,986 2,531 6,684 2,201 Rails Standard 84 70 84 65 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,622 23,033 61,851 32,307 Bars - Light Shaped 1,043 460 2,619 990 Bars - Cold Finished 3,392 3,982 9,458 9,876 Tool Steel 10,621 14,730 10,218 13,269 Standard Pipe 814 1,229 946 1,744 Oil Country Goods 8,080 9,942 18,992 22,448 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 5,870 3,893 12,117 7,400 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 526 792 55 117 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,557 9,146 8,516 10,629 Pressure Tubing 4,271 7,562 4,920 8,282 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 150 712 225 1,335 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,678 1,384 1,194 906 Pipe For Piling 3,441 2,046 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,007 6,543 7,540 7,545 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,884 5,699 6,350 3,181 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,647 8,295 22,377 9,968 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,599 13,218 28,700 15,119 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,094 3,012 2,350 1,700 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,908 7,043 7,746 4,750 Strip - Hot Rolled 985 758 398 244 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,597 3,074 1,879 3,468 ________________________________________________________________________________ 2000 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 292,256 201,548 308,313 191,865 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,207 1,478 1,909 1,050 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,104 10,238 64,197 17,217 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,736 2,928 10,120 3,609 Plates Cut Lengths 15,713 9,399 13,343 10,018 Plates In Coils 11,425 5,556 7,383 3,268 Rails Standard 4 18 1,153 403 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,828 28,055 52,916 27,588 Bars - Light Shaped 1,407 454 2,192 725 Bars - Cold Finished 9,409 9,034 5,420 6,206 Tool Steel 13,887 20,188 12,503 18,275 Standard Pipe 1,246 1,499 1,268 1,769 Oil Country Goods 27,726 30,150 19,907 18,080 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 566 564 1,712 1,183 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 42 69 28 146 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 10 21 9 Mechanical Tubing 10,899 14,907 9,242 11,897 Pressure Tubing 1,967 3,199 1,271 1,539 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 52 300 111 311 Structural Pipe & Tube 581 607 594 913 Pipe For Piling 34 20 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,716 8,206 7,917 8,315 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,563 5,464 9,907 4,943 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,714 16,211 31,703 18,433 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,320 16,540 35,305 19,194 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,785 3,465 5,984 3,535 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,289 9,264 6,776 Strip - Hot Rolled 438 368 542 393 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,373 6,332 2,404 6,071 ________________________________________________________________________________ December Cumulative To Date 2001 Final 2000 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,512,272 2,201,472 4,070,469 2,533,870 Ingots And Steel For Castings 25,555 15,070 45,242 21,884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 654,555 147,255 629,427 172,032 Structural Shapes Heavy 158,003 53,478 120,176 44,704 Plates Cut Lengths 243,774 146,387 221,684 142,147 Plates In Coils 89,937 32,923 133,802 59,563 Rails Standard 2,442 1,460 4,944 1,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 663,944 340,042 710,166 361,372 Bars - Light Shaped 17,799 6,712 27,936 9,956 Bars - Cold Finished 77,742 79,313 75,826 74,740 Tool Steel 141,585 196,482 162,450 225,232 Standard Pipe 12,056 18,166 21,244 28,455 Oil Country Goods 248,352 284,487 213,925 212,882 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 95,023 62,593 143,815 92,612 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 15,084 14,028 10,579 8,040 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 10,768 5,372 Mechanical Tubing 121,494 150,174 110,674 148,844 Pressure Tubing 36,217 55,842 26,270 34,263 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,709 10,034 3,587 7,916 Structural Pipe & Tube 12,776 11,625 6,593 10,719 Pipe For Piling 3,835 2,194 19,066 13,163 Wire Drawn 79,499 84,577 89,530 96,138 Sheets Hot Rolled 86,091 43,729 120,303 59,703 Sheets Cold Rolled 261,819 128,662 428,096 215,712 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 292,180 154,430 493,402 271,960 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 37,844 26,906 92,495 52,710 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 99,162 67,982 111,250 80,265 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,798 3,959 6,833 4,845 Strip - Cold Rolled 26,996 62,961 30,386 76,842 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."