Not Seasonally Adjusted

       Exhibit 2a. 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           November 2000
                                    Cumulative To           Cumulative To
                                    Date - Final            Date - 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>16Inches In Diameter       89,153      58,700     143,248      92,048
Line Pipe<=16Inches 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."