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. July 2002 June 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,936 170,461 213,795 139,076 Ingots And Steel For Castings 311 360 1,012 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 92,810 19,678 18,762 3,896 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,577 1,100 5,863 1,710 Plates Cut Lengths 14,885 7,507 15,124 7,087 Plates In Coils 9,573 3,522 10,537 3,975 Rails Standard 192 139 199 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,733 24,545 58,321 26,765 Bars - Light Shaped 1,445 702 1,354 678 Bars - Cold Finished 2,713 3,063 2,402 3,057 Tool Steel 11,210 16,322 9,681 13,180 Standard Pipe 1,102 1,881 1,525 2,935 Oil Country Goods 12,416 13,120 7,341 9,061 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 14,484 8,786 9,737 5,555 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 17 108 27 152 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,736 11,213 7,744 11,479 Pressure Tubing 4,563 8,700 4,526 10,454 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 639 1,487 364 779 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,908 1,817 2,152 1,799 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 206 174 Wire Drawn 9,724 9,119 8,945 8,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,547 5,045 9,571 4,035 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,737 5,086 4,819 2,641 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,727 17,680 27,956 14,523 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,100 2,294 1,881 1,683 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,276 2,978 1,822 1,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 711 382 300 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,797 3,826 1,624 2,733 ________________________________________________________________________________ June 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,526 160,868 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,012 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,818 18,824 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,863 1,710 Plates Cut Lengths 19,360 8,015 Plates In Coils 11,680 4,261 Rails Standard 199 165 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,004 29,657 Bars - Light Shaped 1,372 700 Bars - Cold Finished 2,428 3,089 Tool Steel 10,767 14,252 Standard Pipe 1,596 3,021 Oil Country Goods 7,972 10,088 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 9,737 5,555 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 27 152 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,974 11,731 Pressure Tubing 4,527 10,488 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 364 779 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,157 1,801 Pipe For Piling 173 80 Wire Drawn 8,945 8,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,638 4,108 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,819 2,641 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,177 14,667 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,881 1,683 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,050 1,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 304 129 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,679 2,836 ______________________________________________________________________________ July 2001 June 2001 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 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."