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. May 2002 April 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 191,607 135,695 215,963 153,633 Ingots And Steel For Castings 627 535 575 526 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,364 1,755 5,036 1,665 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,415 4,027 10,399 3,769 Plates Cut Lengths 13,742 6,937 13,338 6,824 Plates In Coils 12,645 4,139 6,176 2,127 Rails Standard 731 448 1,532 294 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,961 22,498 54,297 26,098 Bars - Light Shaped 2,280 941 2,225 1,062 Bars - Cold Finished 2,648 3,935 3,407 3,891 Tool Steel 10,396 13,103 10,036 12,798 Standard Pipe 1,119 2,306 878 1,395 Oil Country Goods 9,958 14,076 16,068 14,369 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 8,023 4,714 19,673 12,663 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 118 432 20 133 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,214 13,263 9,152 13,279 Pressure Tubing 3,743 7,783 6,171 13,320 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 428 872 249 844 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,772 1,298 3,283 2,375 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 93 49 Wire Drawn 8,845 8,285 9,228 8,891 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,372 2,625 3,863 1,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,534 1,506 4,211 2,380 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,404 13,160 28,966 15,240 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,888 1,869 2,403 2,322 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,765 2,817 2,999 2,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 40 22 418 229 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,574 2,350 1,269 2,981 ________________________________________________________________________________ April 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 263,156 165,347 Ingots And Steel For Castings 575 526 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 45,085 8,973 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,399 3,769 Plates Cut Lengths 16,331 8,037 Plates In Coils 6,176 2,127 Rails Standard 267 294 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,269 27,213 Bars - Light Shaped 2,225 1,062 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 3,891 Tool Steel 9,709 12,718 Standard Pipe 878 1,397 Oil Country Goods 17,690 15,462 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 19,686 12,674 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 20 133 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,550 13,619 Pressure Tubing 6,189 13,355 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 844 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,312 2,402 Pipe For Piling 93 49 Wire Drawn 9,300 9,011 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,863 1,802 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,582 2,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,131 15,416 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,413 2,340 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,999 2,305 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 229 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,342 3,099 ______________________________________________________________________________ May 2001 April 2001 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 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."