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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,724 186,814 274,176 171,403 Ingots And Steel For Castings 561 613 457 346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 98,998 27,113 46,789 13,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,388 2,244 3,841 1,633 Plates Cut Lengths 16,161 8,152 17,245 8,966 Plates In Coils 12,240 5,203 6,407 2,496 Rails Standard 49 24 325 177 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,900 29,654 54,734 25,723 Bars - Light Shaped 2,102 648 2,193 914 Bars - Cold Finished 3,770 3,670 4,178 4,007 Tool Steel 14,142 18,117 12,848 15,126 Standard Pipe 1,186 1,246 1,701 2,348 Oil Country Goods 14,186 16,566 9,356 13,160 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,674 11,500 17,971 14,364 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9 30 155 820 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,752 9,426 8,847 10,661 Pressure Tubing 2,752 4,825 3,434 6,004 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 590 1,814 538 1,457 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,928 2,679 3,315 2,499 Pipe For Piling 55 29 31 17 Wire Drawn 9,048 8,553 8,048 7,737 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,385 4,134 8,506 3,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,131 7,036 11,639 6,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,163 13,867 36,413 17,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,210 3,580 6,762 4,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 5,670 4,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 732 344 742 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,891 3,660 2,032 2,812 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,770 186,703 264,569 178,496 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,587 2,209 1,885 1,348 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 66,723 13,731 14,136 4,796 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,570 5,505 10,383 3,611 Plates Cut Lengths 21,251 12,958 28,750 13,549 Plates In Coils 8,365 3,187 10,405 3,635 Rails Standard 2 3 46 57 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,892 26,458 54,030 28,363 Bars - Light Shaped 1,916 851 3,524 913 Bars - Cold Finished 5,602 6,234 7,867 6,068 Tool Steel 13,221 16,785 8,641 12,419 Standard Pipe 1,011 1,518 504 810 Oil Country Goods 19,004 20,717 18,830 25,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,564 10,403 28,555 20,057 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 36 57 1,805 2,647 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,496 12,346 7,570 9,172 Pressure Tubing 2,869 4,957 2,470 4,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,236 343 833 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,482 1,184 680 554 Pipe For Piling 78 39 6 3 Wire Drawn 7,316 7,695 5,461 5,548 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,136 3,074 7,751 3,842 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,572 8,706 14,101 6,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 31,107 16,142 24,201 13,111 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,949 3,130 2,996 2,165 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,728 2,570 7,097 4,801 Strip - Hot Rolled 864 455 402 339 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,084 4,554 2,130 4,137 ______________________________________________________________ October Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,034,705 1,732,093 2,816,449 1,834,483 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,302 6,858 22,104 13,011 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 791,667 168,387 436,396 104,605 Structural Shapes Heavy 66,289 23,515 127,311 43,234 Plates Cut Lengths 196,502 101,028 194,327 121,049 Plates In Coils 91,273 33,551 76,267 28,192 Rails Standard 3,387 2,183 2,275 1,324 Bars - Hot Rolled 558,712 268,304 555,471 284,702 Bars - Light Shaped 19,545 8,123 14,138 5,262 Bars - Cold Finished 35,452 41,724 64,893 65,456 Tool Steel 112,372 147,786 120,747 168,483 Standard Pipe 10,926 18,322 10,295 15,193 Oil Country Goods 113,134 136,918 221,280 252,096 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 141,567 96,173 77,036 51,300 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,054 5,270 14,503 13,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 84,673 114,187 106,421 130,399 Pressure Tubing 42,796 86,939 27,026 39,998 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,944 10,922 2,334 7,986 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,087 18,815 9,903 9,335 Pipe For Piling 464 240 394 148 Wire Drawn 84,980 81,374 65,952 70,490 Sheets Hot Rolled 84,632 37,315 67,857 34,849 Sheets Cold Rolled 123,057 58,675 221,794 110,399 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 321,358 165,955 236,881 126,092 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 36,343 27,151 31,400 22,195 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 52,785 35,075 81,508 56,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,020 3,845 4,415 2,957 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,386 33,458 23,520 56,419 CONTACT: For more information, contact Haydn R. Mearkle (301-763-2246) or Nick Orsini (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2002