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 November 2002 October 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 290,593 168,200 325,112 183,800 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,479 797 561 613 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 76,084 21,331 98,961 27,068 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,081 3,818 6,388 2,244 Plates Cut Lengths 17,618 9,507 15,409 7,823 Plates In Coils 13,395 5,535 12,240 5,203 Rails Standard 22 19 49 24 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,069 20,989 59,183 29,337 Bars - Light Shaped 1,353 475 2,017 622 Bars - Cold Finished 3,505 3,427 3,671 3,570 Tool Steel 11,605 15,038 13,914 17,845 Standard Pipe 647 935 472 676 Oil Country Goods 12,030 17,121 13,605 16,251 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,904 9,491 14,674 11,500 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,311 1,694 33 30 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,394 9,121 7,654 9,360 Pressure Tubing 3,406 5,870 2,646 4,749 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 498 1,223 573 1,746 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,189 2,732 2,928 2,679 Pipe For Piling 78 99 87 164 Wire Drawn 8,999 8,459 9,036 8,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,154 5,030 9,361 4,108 Sheets Cold Rolled 7,769 4,370 14,131 7,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,306 12,546 26,002 13,000 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,184 2,943 5,210 3,580 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,332 2,289 3,719 2,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 197 120 732 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,982 3,221 1,856 3,600 ______________________________________________________________ October 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,724 186,814 Ingots And Steel For Castings 561 613 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 98,998 27,113 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,388 2,244 Plates Cut Lengths 16,161 8,152 Plates In Coils 12,240 5,203 Rails Standard 49 24 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,900 29,654 Bars - Light Shaped 2,102 648 Bars - Cold Finished 3,770 3,670 Tool Steel 14,142 18,117 Standard Pipe 1,186 1,246 Oil Country Goods 14,186 16,566 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 14,674 11,500 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9 30 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,752 9,426 Pressure Tubing 2,752 4,825 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 590 1,814 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,928 2,679 Pipe For Piling 55 29 Wire Drawn 9,048 8,553 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,385 4,134 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,131 7,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,163 13,867 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,210 3,580 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,719 2,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 732 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,891 3,660 ______________________________________________________________ November 2001 October 2001 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 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 November 2002 (CB-02-165)