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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,902 171,821 308,177 172,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 786 726 321 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,555 21,474 92,903 19,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,520 1,217 2,577 1,100 Plates Cut Lengths 17,215 8,841 14,969 7,564 Plates In Coils 12,999 4,931 9,573 3,522 Rails Standard 560 304 192 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,988 23,172 50,875 24,589 Bars - Light Shaped 1,751 777 1,445 702 Bars - Cold Finished 2,181 2,657 2,784 3,316 Tool Steel 11,090 14,077 11,556 16,739 Standard Pipe 770 1,190 1,121 1,906 Oil Country Goods 9,798 12,059 12,852 13,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 15,673 12,512 14,563 8,825 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 8 53 17 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,082 10,591 9,188 11,687 Pressure Tubing 3,376 6,973 4,668 8,836 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,142 659 1,504 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,318 1,966 1,908 1,817 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 10,143 9,087 9,728 9,128 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,991 4,778 12,551 5,049 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,540 8,194 9,737 5,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,429 16,502 34,098 17,781 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,816 2,037 3,100 2,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,610 2,494 4,282 2,999 Strip - Hot Rolled 113 66 711 382 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,168 4,000 1,797 3,829 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 357,654 191,333 298,935 187,724 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,511 2,096 1,516 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 119,323 24,038 72,332 14,957 Structural Shapes Heavy 18,451 5,920 12,157 4,419 Plates Cut Lengths 22,757 13,786 19,764 12,106 Plates In Coils 7,466 3,408 5,067 1,749 Rails Standard 117 90 519 390 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,032 29,089 58,166 28,546 Bars - Light Shaped 1,284 493 1,393 560 Bars - Cold Finished 5,575 6,459 7,657 7,681 Tool Steel 10,888 13,560 10,614 16,242 Standard Pipe 466 809 884 1,341 Oil Country Goods 16,726 19,232 21,709 27,520 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 3,925 2,703 3,863 2,989 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 5,068 3,242 3,612 3,264 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,344 12,444 9,590 11,792 Pressure Tubing 3,689 5,776 4,379 6,745 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 395 1,496 249 809 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,354 1,594 859 719 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,323 7,930 7,075 7,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 4,123 4,023 2,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,997 9,188 18,722 9,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,835 11,761 23,103 12,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,536 2,923 2,127 1,813 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,810 5,280 6,182 4,429 Strip - Hot Rolled 126 70 304 224 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,064 4,410 2,490 5,531 ____________________________________________________________________________________ August Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,429,804 1,373,876 2,236,110 1,469,284 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,284 5,899 15,632 9,454 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 645,879 128,030 355,538 86,078 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,060 19,637 100,358 34,118 Plates Cut Lengths 163,095 83,910 144,325 94,542 Plates In Coils 72,627 25,853 57,498 21,369 Rails Standard 3,013 1,981 2,227 1,264 Bars - Hot Rolled 444,077 212,927 443,549 229,880 Bars - Light Shaped 15,249 6,561 8,698 3,499 Bars - Cold Finished 27,503 34,047 51,424 53,154 Tool Steel 85,382 114,543 98,884 139,279 Standard Pipe 8,039 14,728 8,780 12,865 Oil Country Goods 89,591 107,192 183,446 206,310 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 108,923 70,309 34,917 20,840 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 891 4,420 12,662 10,415 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 68,075 94,100 89,355 108,881 Pressure Tubing 36,610 76,110 21,688 30,894 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,815 7,651 1,648 5,918 Structural Pipe & Tube 16,843 13,637 7,741 7,598 Pipe For Piling 378 193 310 105 Wire Drawn 67,885 65,084 53,175 57,247 Sheets Hot Rolled 66,740 29,453 53,970 27,933 Sheets Cold Rolled 97,287 45,622 191,121 95,190 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 256,781 134,283 181,572 96,840 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 24,370 19,136 24,455 16,900 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 43,396 28,620 70,683 48,819 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,547 2,965 3,149 2,164 Strip - Cold Rolled 14,464 26,985 19,305 47,728 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."