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 October 2002 September 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,112 183,800 271,622 167,996 Ingots And Steel For Castings 561 613 457 346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 98,961 27,068 46,789 13,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,388 2,244 3,841 1,633 Plates Cut Lengths 15,409 7,823 17,244 8,413 Plates In Coils 12,240 5,203 6,407 2,496 Rails Standard 49 24 325 177 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,183 29,337 53,678 25,114 Bars - Light Shaped 2,017 622 2,193 914 Bars - Cold Finished 3,671 3,570 4,178 4,007 Tool Steel 13,914 17,845 12,293 14,290 Standard Pipe 472 676 848 1,275 Oil Country Goods 13,605 16,251 9,356 13,160 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,674 11,500 17,971 14,364 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 33 30 315 820 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,654 9,360 8,782 10,574 Pressure Tubing 2,646 4,749 3,323 5,975 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 573 1,746 540 1,467 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,928 2,679 3,283 2,352 Pipe For Piling 87 164 73 143 Wire Drawn 9,036 8,543 8,043 7,723 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,361 4,108 8,506 3,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,131 7,036 11,639 6,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,002 13,000 36,413 17,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,210 3,580 6,762 4,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 5,664 4,352 Strip - Hot Rolled 732 344 742 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,856 3,600 1,957 2,636 ______________________________________________________________ September 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 274,176 171,403 Ingots And Steel For Castings 457 346 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 46,789 13,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,841 1,633 Plates Cut Lengths 17,245 8,966 Plates In Coils 6,407 2,496 Rails Standard 325 177 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,734 25,723 Bars - Light Shaped 2,193 914 Bars - Cold Finished 4,178 4,007 Tool Steel 12,848 15,126 Standard Pipe 1,701 2,348 Oil Country Goods 9,356 13,160 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,971 14,364 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 155 820 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,847 10,661 Pressure Tubing 3,434 6,004 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 538 1,457 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,315 2,499 Pipe For Piling 31 17 Wire Drawn 8,048 7,737 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,506 3,728 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,639 6,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 36,413 17,805 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,762 4,435 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,670 4,372 Strip - Hot Rolled 742 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,032 2,812 ______________________________________________________________ October 2001 September 2001 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 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: Preliminary October 2002 (CB-02-150)