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. January 2002 December 2001 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 294,156 199,275 223,127 145,135 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,900 1,194 1,105 646 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,157 1,461 6,642 2,098 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,745 3,523 19,385 6,528 Plates Cut Lengths 32,910 17,931 22,635 11,017 Plates In Coils 6,279 2,260 6,986 2,531 Rails Standard 41 37 84 70 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,162 30,822 46,313 22,555 Bars - Light Shaped 1,284 709 1,039 457 Bars - Cold Finished 6,790 7,257 3,392 3,982 Tool Steel 11,179 14,078 10,060 14,260 Standard Pipe 662 1,091 798 1,162 Oil Country Goods 17,310 23,143 7,813 9,666 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 8,969 5,644 5,870 3,893 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 427 2,722 526 792 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,245 15,586 6,479 8,778 Pressure Tubing 5,878 11,602 4,053 7,449 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 209 854 137 696 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,441 1,162 1,615 1,321 Pipe For Piling 35 20 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,218 7,353 5,989 6,525 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,581 3,442 11,884 5,699 Sheets Cold Rolled 42,034 15,214 17,536 8,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,653 18,498 26,594 13,215 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,785 3,409 4,094 3,012 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,692 5,659 9,532 6,793 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,721 894 985 733 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,849 3,709 1,583 3,021 ________________________________________________________________________________ December 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,055 168,360 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,105 646 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 108,053 20,929 Structural Shapes Heavy 19,385 6,528 Plates Cut Lengths 22,656 11,102 Plates In Coils 6,986 2,531 Rails Standard 84 70 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,622 23,033 Bars - Light Shaped 1,043 460 Bars - Cold Finished 3,392 3,982 Tool Steel 10,621 14,730 Standard Pipe 814 1,229 Oil Country Goods 8,080 9,942 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 5,870 3,893 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 526 792 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,557 9,146 Pressure Tubing 4,271 7,562 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 150 712 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,678 1,384 Pipe For Piling 3,441 2,046 Wire Drawn 6,007 6,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,884 5,699 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,647 8,295 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,599 13,218 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,094 3,012 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,908 7,043 Strip - Hot Rolled 985 758 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,597 3,074 ______________________________________________________________________________ January 2001 December 2000 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,132 174,132 292,256 201,548 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,883 1,174 2,207 1,478 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,809 5,793 38,104 10,238 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,346 3,162 6,736 2,928 Plates Cut Lengths 20,782 14,674 15,713 9,399 Plates In Coils 6,633 2,631 11,425 5,556 Rails Standard 368 91 4 18 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,679 23,846 52,828 28,055 Bars - Light Shaped 900 314 1,407 454 Bars - Cold Finished 5,747 5,899 9,409 9,034 Tool Steel 13,979 20,526 13,887 20,188 Standard Pipe 1,295 1,822 1,246 1,499 Oil Country Goods 20,855 25,590 27,726 30,150 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 2,412 1,367 566 564 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,895 1,354 42 69 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 17 10 Mechanical Tubing 9,842 12,467 10,899 14,907 Pressure Tubing 2,550 3,442 1,967 3,199 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 90 423 52 300 Structural Pipe & Tube 363 668 581 607 Pipe For Piling 59 31 34 20 Wire Drawn 6,961 7,368 7,716 8,206 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,805 3,250 10,563 5,464 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,797 13,309 30,714 16,211 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,468 8,609 30,320 16,540 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,728 2,409 5,785 3,465 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,446 8,299 9,500 6,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 231 122 438 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,208 5,492 2,373 6,332 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."