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. February 2002 January 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 257,346 162,483 294,156 199,275 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,226 1,250 1,900 1,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,508 7,835 6,157 1,461 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,112 2,296 9,745 3,523 Plates Cut Lengths 27,966 14,723 32,910 17,931 Plates In Coils 4,526 1,509 6,279 2,260 Rails Standard 976 560 41 37 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,930 25,578 62,162 30,822 Bars - Light Shaped 1,817 609 1,284 709 Bars - Cold Finished 2,783 4,157 6,790 7,257 Tool Steel 9,628 12,732 11,179 14,078 Standard Pipe 802 1,784 662 1,091 Oil Country Goods 5,018 9,392 17,310 23,143 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 18,862 11,729 8,969 5,644 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 103 608 427 2,722 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 5,277 7,243 11,245 15,586 Pressure Tubing 2,439 5,605 5,878 11,602 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 210 819 209 854 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,735 1,503 1,441 1,162 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 35 20 Wire Drawn 6,245 6,443 7,218 7,353 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,111 4,767 6,581 3,442 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,743 6,972 42,034 15,214 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,914 19,391 36,653 18,498 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,486 3,021 4,785 3,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 12,816 7,511 8,692 5,659 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,195 644 1,721 894 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,916 3,804 1,849 3,709 _______________________________________________________________________________ January 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 366,844 213,817 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,900 1,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 76,946 14,522 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,864 3,518 Plates Cut Lengths 32,963 17,945 Plates In Coils 6,279 2,260 Rails Standard 43 43 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,292 30,859 Bars - Light Shaped 1,386 736 Bars - Cold Finished 6,790 7,257 Tool Steel 11,332 14,430 Standard Pipe 666 1,091 Oil Country Goods 17,557 23,330 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 8,969 5,644 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 427 2,722 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,266 15,664 Pressure Tubing 6,019 11,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 213 854 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,565 1,199 Pipe For Piling 35 20 Wire Drawn 7,239 7,387 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,839 3,514 Sheets Cold Rolled 42,034 15,214 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,799 18,576 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,785 3,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,067 5,867 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,721 894 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,851 3,709 ________________________________________________________________________________ February 2001 January 2001 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 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."