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. August 2002 July 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 313,891 165,618 305,936 170,461 Ingots And Steel For Castings 786 726 311 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,720 21,072 92,810 19,678 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,520 1,217 2,577 1,100 Plates Cut Lengths 17,000 8,715 14,885 7,507 Plates In Coils 12,999 4,931 9,573 3,522 Rails Standard 547 295 192 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,903 22,085 50,733 24,545 Bars - Light Shaped 1,592 726 1,445 702 Bars - Cold Finished 1,847 2,411 2,713 3,063 Tool Steel 10,426 13,200 11,210 16,322 Standard Pipe 642 1,039 1,102 1,881 Oil Country Goods 8,594 10,500 12,416 13,120 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 15,616 12,512 14,484 8,786 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 8 53 17 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,718 10,240 8,736 11,213 Pressure Tubing 3,096 6,320 4,563 8,700 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 415 1,118 639 1,487 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,318 1,966 1,908 1,817 Pipe For Piling 40 123 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 9,865 8,866 9,724 9,119 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,990 4,750 12,547 5,045 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,505 7,969 9,737 5,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,117 16,324 33,727 17,680 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,816 2,037 3,100 2,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,607 2,477 4,276 2,978 Strip - Hot Rolled 104 62 711 382 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,100 3,886 1,797 3,826 _________________________________________________________________________________ July 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 308,177 172,779 Ingots And Steel For Castings 321 360 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 92,903 19,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,577 1,100 Plates Cut Lengths 14,969 7,564 Plates In Coils 9,573 3,522 Rails Standard 192 139 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,875 24,589 Bars - Light Shaped 1,445 702 Bars - Cold Finished 2,784 3,316 Tool Steel 11,556 16,739 Standard Pipe 1,121 1,906 Oil Country Goods 12,852 13,758 Line Pipe>16 Inches In Diameter 14,563 8,825 Line Pipe<=16 Inches In Diameter 17 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,188 11,687 Pressure Tubing 4,668 8,836 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 659 1,504 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,908 1,817 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 9,728 9,128 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,551 5,049 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,737 5,086 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,098 17,781 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,100 2,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,282 2,999 Strip - Hot Rolled 711 382 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,797 3,829 _________________________________________________________________________________ August 2001 July 2001 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 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."