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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 274,176 171,403 321,902 171,821 Ingots And Steel For Castings 457 346 786 726 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,789 13,244 101,555 21,474 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,841 1,633 3,520 1,217 Plates Cut Lengths 17,245 8,966 17,215 8,841 Plates In Coils 6,407 2,496 12,999 4,931 Rails Standard 325 177 560 304 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,734 25,723 48,988 23,172 Bars - Light Shaped 2,193 914 1,751 777 Bars - Cold Finished 4,178 4,007 2,181 2,657 Tool Steel 12,848 15,126 11,090 14,077 Standard Pipe 1,701 2,348 770 1,190 Oil Country Goods 9,356 13,160 9,798 12,059 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 17,971 14,364 15,673 12,512 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 155 820 8 53 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,847 10,661 8,082 10,591 Pressure Tubing 3,434 6,004 3,376 6,973 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 538 1,457 421 1,142 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,315 2,499 2,318 1,966 Pipe For Piling 31 17 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 8,048 7,737 10,143 9,087 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,506 3,728 11,991 4,778 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,639 6,017 17,540 8,194 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,413 17,805 32,429 16,502 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,762 4,435 2,816 2,037 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,670 4,372 3,610 2,494 Strip - Hot Rolled 742 536 113 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,032 2,812 2,168 4,000 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2001 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 264,569 178,496 357,654 191,333 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,885 1,348 2,480 1,511 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,136 4,796 119,323 24,038 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,383 3,611 18,451 5,920 Plates Cut Lengths 28,750 13,549 22,757 13,786 Plates In Coils 10,405 3,635 7,466 3,408 Rails Standard 46 57 117 90 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,030 28,363 58,032 29,089 Bars - Light Shaped 3,524 913 1,284 493 Bars - Cold Finished 7,867 6,068 5,575 6,459 Tool Steel 8,641 12,419 10,888 13,560 Standard Pipe 504 810 466 809 Oil Country Goods 18,830 25,070 16,726 19,232 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 28,555 20,057 3,925 2,703 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,805 2,647 5,068 3,242 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,570 9,172 10,344 12,444 Pressure Tubing 2,470 4,147 3,689 5,776 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 833 395 1,496 Structural Pipe & Tube 680 554 1,354 1,594 Pipe For Piling 6 3 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,461 5,548 7,323 7,930 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,751 3,842 8,624 4,123 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,101 6,503 17,997 9,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,201 13,111 21,835 11,761 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,996 2,165 3,536 2,923 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,097 4,801 7,810 5,280 Strip - Hot Rolled 402 339 126 70 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,130 4,137 2,064 4,410 ____________________________________________________________________________________ September Cumulative To Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,703,980 1,545,279 2,500,679 1,647,780 Ingots And Steel For Castings 8,741 6,245 17,517 10,802 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 692,668 141,274 369,674 90,874 Structural Shapes Heavy 59,901 21,271 110,741 37,728 Plates Cut Lengths 180,341 92,876 173,075 108,091 Plates In Coils 79,034 28,348 67,902 25,005 Rails Standard 3,338 2,158 2,273 1,321 Bars - Hot Rolled 498,811 238,650 497,579 258,243 Bars - Light Shaped 17,442 7,475 12,222 4,412 Bars - Cold Finished 31,681 38,053 59,290 59,222 Tool Steel 98,230 129,669 107,526 151,698 Standard Pipe 9,739 17,076 9,284 13,675 Oil Country Goods 98,947 120,352 202,276 231,380 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diameter 126,893 84,673 63,472 40,897 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diameter 1,046 5,240 14,467 13,062 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 76,921 104,761 96,925 118,053 Pressure Tubing 40,043 82,114 24,157 35,041 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,354 9,109 1,991 6,751 Structural Pipe & Tube 20,158 16,136 8,422 8,151 Pipe For Piling 409 210 316 109 Wire Drawn 75,932 72,821 58,636 62,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 75,246 33,181 61,721 31,776 Sheets Cold Rolled 108,925 51,638 205,222 101,693 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 293,195 152,088 205,774 109,950 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 31,132 23,571 27,451 19,065 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 49,066 32,991 77,780 53,619 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,288 3,501 3,551 2,502 Strip - Cold Rolled 16,496 29,797 21,436 51,865 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsi Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. NOTE: For information on more detailed data available, please see record titled "MO TRADE DATA AVAILABLE."