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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 234,636 143,296 263,156 165,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 627 535 575 526 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,815 9,047 45,085 8,973 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,411 4,023 10,399 3,769 Plates Cut Lengths 13,937 7,041 16,331 8,037 Plates In Coils 12,645 4,139 6,176 2,127 Rails Standard 731 448 267 294 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,090 22,952 57,269 27,213 Bars - Light Shaped 2,319 954 2,225 1,062 Bars - Cold Finished 2,648 3,935 3,407 3,891 Tool Steel 10,999 13,601 9,709 12,718 Standard Pipe 1,119 2,306 878 1,397 Oil Country Goods 9,958 12,376 17,690 15,462 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 8,024 4,753 19,686 12,674 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 118 432 20 133 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,276 13,379 9,550 13,619 Pressure Tubing 4,027 8,196 6,189 13,355 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 428 872 249 844 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,772 1,298 3,312 2,402 Pipe For Piling 4 7 93 49 Wire Drawn 8,928 8,373 9,300 9,011 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,372 2,625 3,863 1,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,545 1,522 4,582 2,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,404 13,160 29,131 15,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,888 1,869 2,413 2,340 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,817 2,837 2,999 2,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 42 63 418 229 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,692 2,552 1,342 3,099 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 302,099 197,617 288,688 199,526 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,639 924 1,708 940 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,807 9,417 19,883 7,889 Structural Shapes Heavy 21,723 6,958 13,355 4,156 Plates Cut Lengths 18,733 13,070 12,720 9,634 Plates In Coils 9,541 2,887 9,161 3,271 Rails Standard 245 134 25 17 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,777 33,186 54,629 29,668 Bars - Light Shaped 1,554 647 953 394 Bars - Cold Finished 5,868 6,013 6,813 7,360 Tool Steel 13,986 19,508 14,633 18,584 Standard Pipe 2,050 3,215 1,043 1,416 Oil Country Goods 23,512 24,230 36,137 35,062 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 10,662 5,071 2,964 1,581 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 513 462 54 71 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,573 17,109 13,100 15,976 Pressure Tubing 1,908 2,687 1,909 2,521 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 159 449 232 596 Structural Pipe & Tube 743 918 920 957 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 194 46 Wire Drawn 6,556 6,877 6,175 6,732 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,027 3,742 7,769 4,281 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,102 11,862 28,864 12,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,143 15,715 38,317 19,621 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,251 1,534 2,652 1,764 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,174 5,402 10,763 7,013 Strip - Hot Rolled 903 663 485 332 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 4,938 3,228 6,720 ____________________________________________________________________________________ May Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,491,199 868,408 1,348,991 924,448 Ingots And Steel For Castings 6,166 4,178 8,750 5,214 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 351,603 67,972 161,628 45,872 Structural Shapes Heavy 44,100 15,611 61,817 20,955 Plates Cut Lengths 111,551 59,490 75,266 53,780 Plates In Coils 38,374 13,138 36,225 13,024 Rails Standard 2,061 1,373 1,449 634 Bars - Hot Rolled 280,211 135,509 272,391 144,935 Bars - Light Shaped 10,681 4,382 4,735 2,000 Bars - Cold Finished 20,111 24,984 29,365 30,990 Tool Steel 51,969 69,476 68,192 96,008 Standard Pipe 4,552 8,611 6,340 9,154 Oil Country Goods 58,970 71,287 122,041 132,569 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 68,950 43,417 17,669 8,966 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 838 4,108 2,753 2,422 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 42,831 60,092 61,251 74,439 Pressure Tubing 24,038 49,813 10,986 14,100 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,371 4,227 703 2,458 Structural Pipe & Tube 10,459 8,053 4,801 4,645 Pipe For Piling 205 113 310 105 Wire Drawn 39,069 38,722 32,174 34,697 Sheets Hot Rolled 32,561 15,518 34,175 17,736 Sheets Cold Rolled 65,191 29,701 134,284 66,852 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 162,076 85,332 122,644 65,113 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 16,573 13,123 16,314 10,599 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 33,453 21,471 47,854 32,798 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,418 2,388 2,243 1,518 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,820 16,320 12,631 32,867 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."