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. 2002 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,920 181,829 366,844 213,817 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,460 1,900 1,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,922 19,650 76,946 14,522 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,112 2,296 9,864 3,518 Plates Cut Lengths 28,388 14,975 32,963 17,945 Plates In Coils 4,526 1,509 6,279 2,260 Rails Standard 976 560 43 43 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,406 27,639 62,292 30,859 Bars - Light Shaped 1,837 634 1,386 736 Bars - Cold Finished 2,799 4,192 6,790 7,257 Tool Steel 11,712 14,705 11,332 14,430 Standard Pipe 842 1,850 666 1,091 Oil Country Goods 6,010 9,752 17,557 23,330 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 18,862 11,729 8,969 5,644 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 109 618 427 2,722 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 5,307 7,328 11,266 15,664 Pressure Tubing 2,802 6,071 6,019 11,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 213 826 213 854 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,906 1,691 1,565 1,199 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 35 20 Wire Drawn 6,259 6,561 7,239 7,387 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,633 5,508 6,839 3,514 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,743 6,972 42,034 15,214 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 37,083 19,481 36,799 18,576 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,486 3,021 4,785 3,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,364 8,196 9,067 5,867 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,195 644 1,721 894 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 3,960 1,851 3,709 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 238,211 166,916 237,132 174,132 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,863 852 1,883 1,174 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,411 9,211 20,809 5,793 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,413 3,649 9,346 3,162 Plates Cut Lengths 8,065 5,908 20,782 14,674 Plates In Coils 4,687 1,994 6,633 2,631 Rails Standard 758 349 368 91 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,417 25,544 44,679 23,846 Bars - Light Shaped 851 354 900 314 Bars - Cold Finished 5,149 5,323 5,747 5,899 Tool Steel 12,789 18,547 13,979 20,526 Standard Pipe 695 1,057 1,295 1,822 Oil Country Goods 20,090 23,219 20,855 25,590 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 1,628 921 2,412 1,367 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 74 74 1,895 1,354 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,893 15,291 9,842 12,467 Pressure Tubing 1,720 2,258 2,550 3,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 108 492 90 423 Structural Pipe & Tube 676 859 363 668 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 59 31 Wire Drawn 6,243 6,714 6,961 7,368 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,421 2,896 5,805 3,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,484 13,844 26,797 13,309 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,124 11,476 15,468 8,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,609 2,275 3,728 2,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,972 5,844 11,446 8,299 Strip - Hot Rolled 309 193 231 122 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,761 7,770 2,208 5,492 ____________________________________________________________________________________ February Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 707,764 395,646 475,342 341,048 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,381 2,654 3,746 2,026 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 178,868 34,172 60,221 15,004 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,976 5,815 18,759 6,811 Plates Cut Lengths 61,350 32,920 28,847 20,583 Plates In Coils 10,804 3,769 11,321 4,625 Rails Standard 1,019 604 1,125 441 Bars - Hot Rolled 119,698 58,498 91,096 49,390 Bars - Light Shaped 3,223 1,369 1,751 667 Bars - Cold Finished 9,588 11,449 10,896 11,221 Tool Steel 23,043 29,135 26,768 39,073 Standard Pipe 1,508 2,941 1,990 2,879 Oil Country Goods 23,566 33,082 40,945 48,809 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 27,831 17,374 4,040 2,288 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 537 3,340 1,969 1,429 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 16,572 22,993 22,735 27,758 Pressure Tubing 8,821 18,028 4,270 5,700 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 426 1,680 198 915 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,471 2,890 1,039 1,527 Pipe For Piling 35 20 59 31 Wire Drawn 13,498 13,947 13,204 14,082 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,472 9,022 11,225 6,146 Sheets Cold Rolled 51,776 22,186 50,281 27,153 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 73,882 38,057 36,592 20,085 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,271 6,430 7,337 4,685 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 23,431 14,063 19,417 14,143 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,916 1,539 540 314 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,800 7,670 4,969 13,262 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."