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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 290,187 175,480 312,864 179,583 Ingots And Steel For Castings 187 139 1,702 884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,645 18,647 87,683 23,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,748 3,189 8,081 3,818 Plates Cut Lengths 13,952 7,813 17,621 9,507 Plates In Coils 8,176 3,565 13,510 5,600 Rails Standard 54 23 30 19 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,377 28,801 51,861 21,584 Bars - Light Shaped 1,024 481 1,524 527 Bars - Cold Finished 3,898 3,692 3,906 3,723 Tool Steel 14,822 19,077 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 191 384 746 1,109 Oil Country Goods 8,748 9,835 15,059 20,932 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,618 18,058 13,924 9,521 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 680 542 612 495 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,836 8,545 8,000 9,793 Pressure Tubing 2,555 4,369 3,418 5,906 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 323 880 506 1,283 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,149 1,634 3,189 2,732 Pipe For Piling 21 11 58 38 Wire Drawn 9,400 8,993 9,124 8,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,555 3,077 11,154 5,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,307 5,536 8,674 4,920 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,126 14,800 28,822 14,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,207 2,667 4,184 2,943 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,157 6,629 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 509 306 197 120 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,920 3,788 2,011 3,301 ______________________________________________________________ 2001 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,055 168,360 365,769 198,629 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,105 646 2,346 1,413 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 108,053 20,929 110,106 21,720 Structural Shapes Heavy 19,385 6,528 11,307 3,716 Plates Cut Lengths 22,656 11,102 26,791 14,235 Plates In Coils 6,986 2,531 6,684 2,201 Rails Standard 84 70 84 65 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,622 23,033 61,851 32,307 Bars - Light Shaped 1,043 460 2,619 990 Bars - Cold Finished 3,392 3,982 9,458 9,876 Tool Steel 10,621 14,730 10,218 13,269 Standard Pipe 814 1,229 946 1,744 Oil Country Goods 8,080 9,942 18,992 22,448 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,870 3,893 12,117 7,400 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 526 792 55 117 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,557 9,146 8,516 10,629 Pressure Tubing 4,271 7,562 4,920 8,282 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 150 712 225 1,335 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,678 1,384 1,194 906 Pipe For Piling 3,441 2,046 0 0 Wire Drawn 6,007 6,543 7,540 7,545 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,884 5,699 6,350 3,181 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,647 8,295 22,377 9,968 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,599 13,218 28,700 15,119 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,094 3,012 2,350 1,700 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,908 7,043 7,746 4,750 Strip - Hot Rolled 985 758 398 244 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,597 3,074 1,879 3,468 ______________________________________________________________ December Cumulative to Date 2002 Final 2001 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,637,756 2,087,156 3,512,272 2,201,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,191 7,880 25,555 15,070 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 949,995 210,996 654,555 147,255 Structural Shapes Heavy 85,118 30,522 158,003 53,478 Plates Cut Lengths 228,075 118,347 243,774 146,387 Plates In Coils 112,959 42,716 89,937 32,923 Rails Standard 3,470 2,225 2,442 1,460 Bars - Hot Rolled 662,950 318,689 663,944 340,042 Bars - Light Shaped 22,092 9,131 17,799 6,712 Bars - Cold Finished 43,256 49,139 77,742 79,313 Tool Steel 141,100 183,654 141,585 196,482 Standard Pipe 11,863 19,816 12,056 18,166 Oil Country Goods 136,941 167,686 248,352 284,487 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 179,109 123,752 95,023 62,593 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,346 6,307 15,084 14,028 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 99,510 132,525 121,494 150,174 Pressure Tubing 48,769 97,214 36,217 55,842 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,773 13,085 2,709 10,034 Structural Pipe & Tube 28,425 23,181 12,776 11,625 Pipe For Piling 544 289 3,835 2,194 Wire Drawn 103,504 98,910 79,499 84,577 Sheets Hot Rolled 102,341 45,422 86,091 43,729 Sheets Cold Rolled 142,037 69,130 261,819 128,662 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 379,305 194,950 292,180 154,430 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 43,734 32,761 37,844 26,906 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 64,304 44,010 99,162 67,982 Strip - Hot Rolled 7,727 4,272 5,798 3,959 Strip - Cold Rolled 22,317 40,548 26,996 62,961 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 December 2002