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 December 2002 November 2002 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,340 168,513 290,593 168,200 Ingots And Steel For Castings 187 139 1,479 797 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 70,645 18,647 76,084 21,331 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,748 3,189 8,081 3,818 Plates Cut Lengths 13,927 7,791 17,618 9,507 Plates In Coils 8,121 3,545 13,395 5,535 Rails Standard 54 23 22 19 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,019 24,108 51,069 20,989 Bars - Light Shaped 1,006 472 1,353 475 Bars - Cold Finished 2,972 3,343 3,505 3,427 Tool Steel 14,246 18,486 11,605 15,038 Standard Pipe 191 384 647 935 Oil Country Goods 8,659 9,781 12,030 17,121 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,561 17,455 13,904 9,491 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 680 542 2,311 1,694 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,769 8,385 7,394 9,121 Pressure Tubing 2,552 4,362 3,406 5,870 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 323 880 498 1,223 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,149 1,634 3,189 2,732 Pipe For Piling 21 11 78 99 Wire Drawn 9,324 8,933 8,999 8,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,539 3,069 11,154 5,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,995 5,410 7,769 4,370 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,016 14,736 25,306 12,546 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,140 2,582 4,184 2,943 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,102 6,585 3,332 2,289 Strip - Hot Rolled 494 289 197 120 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,900 3,734 1,982 3,221 ______________________________________________________________ November 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 312,864 179,583 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,702 884 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 87,683 23,962 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,081 3,818 Plates Cut Lengths 17,621 9,507 Plates In Coils 13,510 5,600 Rails Standard 30 19 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,861 21,584 Bars - Light Shaped 1,524 527 Bars - Cold Finished 3,906 3,723 Tool Steel 13,905 16,791 Standard Pipe 746 1,109 Oil Country Goods 15,059 20,932 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,924 9,521 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 612 495 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,000 9,793 Pressure Tubing 3,418 5,906 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 506 1,283 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,189 2,732 Pipe For Piling 58 38 Wire Drawn 9,124 8,543 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,154 5,030 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,674 4,920 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 28,822 14,195 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,184 2,943 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,361 2,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 197 120 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,011 3,301 ______________________________________________________________ December 2001 November 2001 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 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 December 2002 (CB-02-165)