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. April 2002 March 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 215,963 153,633 213,686 149,374 Ingots And Steel For Castings 575 526 583 463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,036 1,665 12,397 3,422 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,399 3,769 6,310 1,993 Plates Cut Lengths 13,338 6,824 19,657 11,195 Plates In Coils 6,176 2,127 8,749 3,104 Rails Standard 1,532 294 44 27 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,297 26,098 51,817 26,307 Bars - Light Shaped 2,225 1,062 2,913 997 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 3,891 4,449 5,700 Tool Steel 10,036 12,798 7,861 13,477 Standard Pipe 878 1,395 1,046 1,964 Oil Country Goods 16,068 14,369 7,691 10,277 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 19,673 12,663 13,404 8,616 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 20 133 161 200 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,152 13,279 7,390 9,968 Pressure Tubing 6,171 13,320 4,849 9,693 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 844 269 831 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,283 2,375 1,889 1,441 Pipe For Piling 93 49 73 37 Wire Drawn 9,228 8,891 7,312 7,331 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,863 1,802 4,854 2,069 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,211 2,380 6,211 3,378 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,966 15,240 34,659 18,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,403 2,322 3,002 2,484 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,999 2,305 3,181 2,247 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 229 929 448 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,269 2,981 1,986 3,006 ________________________________________________________________________________ March 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,643 164,120 Ingots And Steel For Castings 583 463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,834 15,779 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 2,004 Plates Cut Lengths 19,932 11,491 Plates In Coils 8,749 3,104 Rails Standard 44 27 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,154 26,846 Bars - Light Shaped 2,913 997 Bars - Cold Finished 4,468 5,709 Tool Steel 8,217 14,022 Standard Pipe 1,047 1,967 Oil Country Goods 7,755 10,367 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 13,409 8,616 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 163 203 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,433 10,102 Pressure Tubing 5,001 10,234 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 269 831 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,905 1,463 Pipe For Piling 73 37 Wire Drawn 7,343 7,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,854 2,069 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,288 3,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,659 18,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,002 2,484 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,206 2,266 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,041 557 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,985 2,999 _______________________________________________________________________________ April 2001 March 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,688 199,526 282,861 186,256 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,708 940 1,657 1,325 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,883 7,889 50,717 13,561 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,355 4,156 7,980 3,031 Plates Cut Lengths 12,720 9,634 14,965 10,494 Plates In Coils 9,161 3,271 6,203 2,240 Rails Standard 25 17 54 42 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,629 29,668 64,888 32,691 Bars - Light Shaped 953 394 476 292 Bars - Cold Finished 6,813 7,360 5,787 6,395 Tool Steel 14,633 18,584 12,805 18,842 Standard Pipe 1,043 1,416 1,257 1,644 Oil Country Goods 36,137 35,062 21,446 24,467 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 2,964 1,581 2 26 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 54 71 218 460 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,100 15,976 10,843 13,596 Pressure Tubing 1,909 2,521 2,899 3,192 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 596 114 498 Structural Pipe & Tube 920 957 2,099 1,244 Pipe For Piling 194 46 57 28 Wire Drawn 6,175 6,732 6,239 7,005 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,769 4,281 7,154 3,567 Sheets Cold Rolled 28,864 12,924 31,037 14,913 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 38,317 19,621 17,592 9,691 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,652 1,764 4,073 2,616 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,763 7,013 9,500 6,240 Strip - Hot Rolled 485 332 315 208 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,228 6,720 2,484 7,947 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."