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 2003 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 242,068 143,589 285,186 165,322 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 499 974 621 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 69,616 18,473 80,657 22,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,146 1,925 2,603 909 Plates Cut Lengths 14,732 7,447 14,495 8,235 Plates In Coils 2,530 1,227 5,642 2,526 Rails Standard 122 105 517 306 Bars - Hot Rolled 35,568 17,693 59,363 27,170 Bars - Light Shaped 1,389 562 2,634 1,193 Bars - Cold Finished 3,671 2,939 3,573 3,191 Tool Steel 13,051 16,451 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 908 1,371 632 1,154 Oil Country Goods 9,888 12,265 11,284 15,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 122 119 6,141 4,622 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,314 2,026 1,759 1,375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,604 7,499 6,871 8,211 Pressure Tubing 1,715 3,221 1,815 3,184 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 294 1,175 355 1,257 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,763 1,597 3,728 2,409 Pipe For Piling 135 165 21 12 Wire Drawn 7,156 7,459 8,075 8,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,683 2,606 9,303 4,610 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,892 9,810 11,801 6,684 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,939 17,398 27,774 14,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,178 2,013 3,661 2,988 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,553 3,772 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 672 284 1,059 554 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,581 3,487 2,059 3,441 ______________________________________________________________ 2002 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,920 181,829 366,844 213,817 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,480 1,460 1,900 1,194 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 101,922 19,650 76,946 14,522 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,112 2,296 9,864 3,518 Plates Cut Lengths 28,388 14,975 32,963 17,945 Plates In Coils 4,526 1,509 6,279 2,260 Rails Standard 976 560 43 43 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,406 27,639 62,292 30,859 Bars - Light Shaped 1,837 634 1,386 736 Bars - Cold Finished 2,799 4,192 6,790 7,257 Tool Steel 11,712 14,705 11,332 14,430 Standard Pipe 842 1,850 666 1,091 Oil Country Goods 6,010 9,752 17,557 23,330 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,862 11,729 8,969 5,644 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 109 618 427 2,722 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 5,307 7,328 11,266 15,664 Pressure Tubing 2,802 6,071 6,019 11,957 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 213 826 213 854 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,906 1,691 1,565 1,199 Pipe For Piling 0 0 35 20 Wire Drawn 6,259 6,561 7,239 7,387 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,633 5,508 6,839 3,514 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,743 6,972 42,034 15,214 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 37,083 19,481 36,799 18,576 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,486 3,021 4,785 3,409 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 14,364 8,196 9,067 5,867 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,195 644 1,721 894 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,949 3,960 1,851 3,709 ______________________________________________________________ February Cumulative to Date 2003 Final 2002 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 527,254 308,912 707,764 395,646 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,819 1,120 4,381 2,654 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 150,274 40,475 178,868 34,172 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,749 2,834 16,976 5,815 Plates Cut Lengths 29,227 15,683 61,350 32,920 Plates In Coils 8,172 3,753 10,804 3,769 Rails Standard 639 412 1,019 604 Bars - Hot Rolled 94,931 44,863 119,698 58,498 Bars - Light Shaped 4,023 1,756 3,223 1,369 Bars - Cold Finished 7,244 6,130 9,588 11,449 Tool Steel 25,459 32,750 23,043 29,135 Standard Pipe 1,540 2,525 1,508 2,941 Oil Country Goods 21,172 27,428 23,566 33,082 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 6,263 4,741 27,831 17,374 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 4,073 3,401 537 3,340 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,475 15,711 16,572 22,993 Pressure Tubing 3,530 6,406 8,821 18,028 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 650 2,432 426 1,680 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,491 4,005 3,471 2,890 Pipe For Piling 156 177 35 20 Wire Drawn 15,231 15,539 13,498 13,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,987 7,216 17,472 9,022 Sheets Cold Rolled 30,692 16,494 51,776 22,186 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 61,713 32,326 73,882 38,057 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,839 5,001 9,271 6,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,534 7,970 23,431 14,063 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,731 838 2,916 1,539 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,640 6,928 3,800 7,670 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 February 2003