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. 2002 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,643 164,120 340,920 181,829 Ingots And Steel For Castings 583 463 2,480 1,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,834 15,779 101,922 19,650 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 2,004 7,112 2,296 Plates Cut Lengths 19,932 11,491 28,388 14,975 Plates In Coils 8,749 3,104 4,526 1,509 Rails Standard 44 27 976 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,154 26,846 57,406 27,639 Bars - Light Shaped 2,913 997 1,837 634 Bars - Cold Finished 4,468 5,709 2,799 4,192 Tool Steel 8,217 14,022 11,712 14,705 Standard Pipe 1,047 1,967 842 1,850 Oil Country Goods 7,755 10,367 6,010 9,752 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 13,409 8,616 18,862 11,729 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 163 203 109 618 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,433 10,102 5,307 7,328 Pressure Tubing 5,001 10,234 2,802 6,071 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 269 831 213 826 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,905 1,463 1,906 1,691 Pipe For Piling 73 37 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,343 7,391 6,259 6,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,854 2,069 10,633 5,508 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,288 3,392 9,743 6,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,659 18,699 37,083 19,481 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,002 2,484 4,486 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,206 2,266 14,364 8,196 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,041 557 1,195 644 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,985 2,999 1,949 3,960 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,861 186,256 238,211 166,916 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,657 1,325 1,863 852 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,717 13,561 39,411 9,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,980 3,031 9,413 3,649 Plates Cut Lengths 14,965 10,494 8,065 5,908 Plates In Coils 6,203 2,240 4,687 1,994 Rails Standard 54 42 758 349 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,888 32,691 46,417 25,544 Bars - Light Shaped 476 292 851 354 Bars - Cold Finished 5,787 6,395 5,149 5,323 Tool Steel 12,805 18,842 12,789 18,547 Standard Pipe 1,257 1,644 695 1,057 Oil Country Goods 21,446 24,467 20,090 23,219 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 2 26 1,628 921 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 218 460 74 74 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,843 13,596 12,893 15,291 Pressure Tubing 2,899 3,192 1,720 2,258 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 114 498 108 492 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,099 1,244 676 859 Pipe For Piling 57 28 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,239 7,005 6,243 6,714 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,154 3,567 5,421 2,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 31,037 14,913 23,484 13,844 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,592 9,691 21,124 11,476 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,073 2,616 3,609 2,275 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,500 6,240 7,972 5,844 Strip - Hot Rolled 315 208 309 193 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 7,947 2,761 7,770 ____________________________________________________________________________________ March Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 993,407 559,766 758,203 527,304 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,964 3,117 5,404 3,351 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 259,702 49,951 110,938 28,565 Structural Shapes Heavy 23,290 7,819 26,738 9,841 Plates Cut Lengths 81,283 44,412 43,812 31,077 Plates In Coils 19,554 6,873 17,524 6,866 Rails Standard 1,063 631 1,179 483 Bars - Hot Rolled 173,852 85,344 155,984 82,081 Bars - Light Shaped 6,137 2,366 2,228 959 Bars - Cold Finished 14,056 17,159 16,683 17,617 Tool Steel 31,261 43,157 39,573 57,915 Standard Pipe 2,555 4,907 3,247 4,524 Oil Country Goods 31,321 43,449 62,391 73,276 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 41,240 25,990 4,043 2,314 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 700 3,543 2,186 1,888 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 24,005 33,095 33,579 41,354 Pressure Tubing 13,822 28,262 7,169 8,892 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 695 2,510 312 1,413 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,376 4,353 3,138 2,771 Pipe For Piling 108 57 116 60 Wire Drawn 20,841 21,338 19,443 21,087 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,326 11,091 18,379 9,713 Sheets Cold Rolled 58,065 25,578 81,318 42,066 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 108,541 56,756 54,184 29,776 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 12,272 8,914 11,410 7,301 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 26,637 16,329 28,917 20,383 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,957 2,096 855 523 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,786 10,669 7,453 21,209 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."