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. March 2002 February 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 213,686 149,374 257,346 162,483 Ingots And Steel For Castings 583 463 2,226 1,250 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,397 3,422 31,508 7,835 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,310 1,993 7,112 2,296 Plates Cut Lengths 19,657 11,195 27,966 14,723 Plates In Coils 8,749 3,104 4,526 1,509 Rails Standard 44 27 976 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,817 26,307 51,930 25,578 Bars - Light Shaped 2,913 997 1,817 609 Bars - Cold Finished 4,449 5,700 2,783 4,157 Tool Steel 7,861 13,477 9,628 12,732 Standard Pipe 1,046 1,964 802 1,784 Oil Country Goods 7,691 10,277 5,018 9,392 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 13,404 8,616 18,862 11,729 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 161 200 103 608 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,390 9,968 5,277 7,243 Pressure Tubing 4,849 9,693 2,439 5,605 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 269 831 210 819 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,889 1,441 1,735 1,503 Pipe For Piling 73 37 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,312 7,331 6,245 6,443 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,854 2,069 9,111 4,767 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,211 3,378 9,743 6,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,659 18,699 36,914 19,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,002 2,484 4,486 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,181 2,247 12,816 7,511 Strip - Hot Rolled 929 448 1,195 644 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,986 3,006 1,916 3,804 _______________________________________________________________________________ February 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,920 181,829 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,922 19,650 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,112 2,296 Plates Cut Lengths 28,388 14,975 Plates In Coils 4,526 1,509 Rails Standard 976 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,406 27,639 Bars - Light Shaped 1,837 634 Bars - Cold Finished 2,799 4,192 Tool Steel 11,712 14,705 Standard Pipe 842 1,850 Oil Country Goods 6,010 9,752 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 18,862 11,729 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 109 618 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 5,307 7,328 Pressure Tubing 2,802 6,071 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 213 826 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,906 1,691 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,259 6,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,633 5,508 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,743 6,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 37,083 19,481 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,486 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,364 8,196 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,195 644 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 3,960 ________________________________________________________________________________ March 2001 February 2001 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 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."