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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 312,864 179,583 330,724 186,814 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,702 884 561 613 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 87,683 23,962 98,998 27,113 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,081 3,818 6,388 2,244 Plates Cut Lengths 17,621 9,507 16,161 8,152 Plates In Coils 13,510 5,600 12,240 5,203 Rails Standard 30 19 49 24 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,861 21,584 59,900 29,654 Bars - Light Shaped 1,524 527 2,102 648 Bars - Cold Finished 3,906 3,723 3,770 3,670 Tool Steel 13,905 16,791 14,142 18,117 Standard Pipe 746 1,109 1,186 1,246 Oil Country Goods 15,059 20,932 14,186 16,566 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,924 9,521 14,674 11,500 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 612 495 9 30 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,000 9,793 7,752 9,426 Pressure Tubing 3,418 5,906 2,752 4,825 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 506 1,283 590 1,814 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,189 2,732 2,928 2,679 Pipe For Piling 58 38 55 29 Wire Drawn 9,124 8,543 9,048 8,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,154 5,030 9,385 4,134 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,674 4,920 14,131 7,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,822 14,195 28,163 13,867 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,184 2,943 5,210 3,580 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,361 2,306 3,719 2,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 197 120 732 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,011 3,301 1,891 3,660 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,769 198,629 315,770 186,703 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,346 1,413 4,587 2,209 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 110,106 21,720 66,723 13,731 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,307 3,716 16,570 5,505 Plates Cut Lengths 26,791 14,235 21,251 12,958 Plates In Coils 6,684 2,201 8,365 3,187 Rails Standard 84 65 2 3 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,851 32,307 57,892 26,458 Bars - Light Shaped 2,619 990 1,916 851 Bars - Cold Finished 9,458 9,876 5,602 6,234 Tool Steel 10,218 13,269 13,221 16,785 Standard Pipe 946 1,744 1,011 1,518 Oil Country Goods 18,992 22,448 19,004 20,717 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,117 7,400 13,564 10,403 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 55 117 36 57 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,516 10,629 9,496 12,346 Pressure Tubing 4,920 8,282 2,869 4,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 225 1,335 343 1,236 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,194 906 1,482 1,184 Pipe For Piling 0 0 78 39 Wire Drawn 7,540 7,545 7,316 7,695 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,350 3,181 6,136 3,074 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,377 9,968 16,572 8,706 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,700 15,119 31,107 16,142 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,350 1,700 3,949 3,130 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,746 4,750 3,728 2,570 Strip - Hot Rolled 398 244 864 455 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,879 3,468 2,084 4,554 ______________________________________________________________ November Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,347,569 1,911,676 3,182,218 2,033,112 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,004 7,742 24,450 14,424 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 879,350 192,349 546,502 126,325 Structural Shapes Heavy 74,370 27,333 138,618 46,950 Plates Cut Lengths 214,123 110,535 221,118 135,284 Plates In Coils 104,783 39,151 82,951 30,393 Rails Standard 3,417 2,202 2,358 1,390 Bars - Hot Rolled 610,573 289,888 617,322 317,009 Bars - Light Shaped 21,068 8,650 16,757 6,252 Bars - Cold Finished 39,358 45,447 74,350 75,331 Tool Steel 126,277 164,577 130,964 181,752 Standard Pipe 11,671 19,432 11,242 16,938 Oil Country Goods 128,193 157,851 240,272 274,545 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 155,491 105,694 89,153 58,700 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,666 5,765 14,558 13,236 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 92,673 123,980 114,937 141,028 Pressure Tubing 46,213 92,845 31,947 48,280 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,450 12,205 2,559 9,322 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,276 21,547 11,097 10,241 Pipe For Piling 523 278 394 148 Wire Drawn 94,104 89,917 73,492 78,034 Sheets Hot Rolled 95,786 42,345 74,207 38,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 131,731 63,595 244,172 120,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 350,179 180,150 265,581 141,212 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,527 30,094 33,750 23,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 56,146 37,380 89,255 60,939 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,217 3,966 4,813 3,201 Strip - Cold Rolled 20,398 36,759 25,399 59,887 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 November 2002