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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,177 172,779 308,526 160,868 Ingots And Steel For Castings 321 360 1,012 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 92,903 19,760 99,818 18,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,577 1,100 5,863 1,710 Plates Cut Lengths 14,969 7,564 19,360 8,015 Plates In Coils 9,573 3,522 11,680 4,261 Rails Standard 192 139 199 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,875 24,589 64,004 29,657 Bars - Light Shaped 1,445 702 1,372 700 Bars - Cold Finished 2,784 3,316 2,428 3,089 Tool Steel 11,556 16,739 10,767 14,252 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,906 1,596 3,021 Oil Country Goods 12,852 13,758 7,972 10,088 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 14,563 8,825 9,737 5,555 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 17 108 27 152 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,188 11,687 7,974 11,731 Pressure Tubing 4,668 8,836 4,527 10,488 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 659 1,504 364 779 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,908 1,817 2,157 1,801 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 173 80 Wire Drawn 9,728 9,128 8,945 8,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,551 5,049 9,638 4,108 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,737 5,086 4,819 2,641 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,098 17,781 28,177 14,667 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,100 2,294 1,881 1,683 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,282 2,999 2,050 1,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 711 382 304 129 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,797 3,829 1,679 2,836 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 298,935 187,724 230,531 165,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,096 1,516 2,306 1,212 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 72,332 14,957 2,255 1,211 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,157 4,419 7,932 2,824 Plates Cut Lengths 19,764 12,106 26,538 14,870 Plates In Coils 5,067 1,749 8,740 3,188 Rails Standard 519 390 141 150 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,166 28,546 54,961 27,311 Bars - Light Shaped 1,393 560 1,285 447 Bars - Cold Finished 7,657 7,681 8,827 8,025 Tool Steel 10,614 16,242 9,190 13,469 Standard Pipe 884 1,341 1,090 1,562 Oil Country Goods 21,709 27,520 22,970 26,989 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 3,863 2,989 9,460 6,182 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 3,612 3,264 1,229 1,487 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,590 11,792 8,169 10,207 Pressure Tubing 4,379 6,745 2,634 4,274 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 809 301 1,155 Structural Pipe & Tube 859 719 728 639 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,075 7,765 6,603 6,856 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,023 2,451 7,149 3,623 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,722 9,759 20,119 9,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,103 12,410 13,990 7,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,127 1,813 2,478 1,566 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,182 4,429 8,836 6,312 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 224 476 351 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,490 5,531 2,122 4,921 ____________________________________________________________________________________ July Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,107,902 1,202,055 1,878,456 1,277,951 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,498 5,173 13,152 7,942 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 544,324 106,556 236,215 62,040 Structural Shapes Heavy 52,540 18,421 81,907 28,198 Plates Cut Lengths 145,880 75,069 121,568 80,756 Plates In Coils 59,627 20,922 50,032 17,962 Rails Standard 2,453 1,677 2,110 1,174 Bars - Hot Rolled 395,090 189,755 385,517 200,792 Bars - Light Shaped 13,499 5,784 7,414 3,006 Bars - Cold Finished 25,322 31,390 45,849 46,695 Tool Steel 74,292 100,466 87,997 125,719 Standard Pipe 7,269 13,538 8,314 12,057 Oil Country Goods 79,794 95,133 166,721 187,078 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 93,250 57,797 30,992 18,138 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 882 4,367 7,594 7,173 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 59,993 83,509 79,010 96,437 Pressure Tubing 33,233 69,137 17,999 25,119 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,394 6,509 1,253 4,422 Structural Pipe & Tube 14,525 11,671 6,387 6,003 Pipe For Piling 378 193 310 105 Wire Drawn 57,742 55,996 45,852 49,317 Sheets Hot Rolled 54,750 24,675 45,346 23,810 Sheets Cold Rolled 79,747 37,427 173,125 86,003 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 224,352 117,781 159,737 85,079 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 21,554 17,099 20,919 13,977 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 39,786 26,126 62,872 43,539 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,433 2,898 3,023 2,093 Strip - Cold Rolled 12,295 22,985 17,242 43,319 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), 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."