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. June 2002 May 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 213,795 139,076 191,607 135,695 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,012 635 627 535 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,762 3,896 6,364 1,755 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,863 1,710 10,415 4,027 Plates Cut Lengths 15,124 7,087 13,742 6,937 Plates In Coils 10,537 3,975 12,645 4,139 Rails Standard 199 165 731 448 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,321 26,765 47,961 22,498 Bars - Light Shaped 1,354 678 2,280 941 Bars - Cold Finished 2,402 3,057 2,648 3,935 Tool Steel 9,681 13,180 10,396 13,103 Standard Pipe 1,525 2,935 1,119 2,306 Oil Country Goods 7,341 9,061 9,958 14,076 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 9,737 5,555 8,023 4,714 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 27 152 118 432 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,744 11,479 9,214 13,263 Pressure Tubing 4,526 10,454 3,743 7,783 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 364 779 428 872 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,152 1,799 1,772 1,298 Pipe For Piling 206 174 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 8,945 8,146 8,845 8,285 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,571 4,035 6,372 2,625 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,819 2,641 2,534 1,506 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,956 14,523 24,404 13,160 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,881 1,683 1,888 1,869 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 1,822 1,656 3,765 2,817 Strip - Hot Rolled 300 124 40 22 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,624 2,733 1,574 2,350 _____________________________________________________________________________ May 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 234,636 143,296 Ingots And Steel For Castings 627 535 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,815 9,047 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,411 4,023 Plates Cut Lengths 13,937 7,041 Plates In Coils 12,645 4,139 Rails Standard 731 448 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,090 22,952 Bars - Light Shaped 2,319 954 Bars - Cold Finished 2,648 3,935 Tool Steel 10,999 13,601 Standard Pipe 1,119 2,306 Oil Country Goods 9,958 12,376 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 8,024 4,753 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 118 432 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,276 13,379 Pressure Tubing 4,027 8,196 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 428 872 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,772 1,298 Pipe For Piling 4 7 Wire Drawn 8,928 8,373 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,372 2,625 Sheets Cold Rolled 2,545 1,522 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,404 13,160 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,888 1,869 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,817 2,837 Strip - Hot Rolled 42 63 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,692 2,552 ______________________________________________________________________________ June 2001 May 2001 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 230,531 165,779 302,099 197,617 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,306 1,212 1,639 924 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,255 1,211 30,807 9,417 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,932 2,824 21,723 6,958 Plates Cut Lengths 26,538 14,870 18,733 13,070 Plates In Coils 8,740 3,188 9,541 2,887 Rails Standard 141 150 245 134 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,961 27,311 61,777 33,186 Bars - Light Shaped 1,285 447 1,554 647 Bars - Cold Finished 8,827 8,025 5,868 6,013 Tool Steel 9,190 13,469 13,986 19,508 Standard Pipe 1,090 1,562 2,050 3,215 Oil Country Goods 22,970 26,989 23,512 24,230 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 9,460 6,182 10,662 5,071 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 1,229 1,487 513 462 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,169 10,207 14,573 17,109 Pressure Tubing 2,634 4,274 1,908 2,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 301 1,155 159 449 Structural Pipe & Tube 728 639 743 918 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,603 6,856 6,556 6,877 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,149 3,623 8,027 3,742 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,119 9,392 24,102 11,862 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,990 7,556 30,143 15,715 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,478 1,566 2,251 1,534 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,836 6,312 8,174 5,402 Strip - Hot Rolled 476 351 903 663 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,122 4,921 1,949 4,938 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."