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 February 2003 January 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 237,888 139,856 268,843 156,681 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 499 974 621 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 69,100 18,331 79,457 21,733 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,146 1,925 2,603 909 Plates Cut Lengths 14,732 7,447 14,124 8,017 Plates In Coils 2,530 1,227 5,473 2,417 Rails Standard 122 105 517 306 Bars - Hot Rolled 34,982 17,414 49,860 22,881 Bars - Light Shaped 1,368 555 2,533 1,151 Bars - Cold Finished 3,671 2,939 3,244 3,070 Tool Steel 12,254 15,564 11,225 14,833 Standard Pipe 906 1,344 629 1,120 Oil Country Goods 9,755 11,501 10,450 14,614 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 122 119 6,052 4,545 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,314 2,026 1,759 1,375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,190 6,989 6,818 8,147 Pressure Tubing 1,711 3,202 1,815 3,184 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 294 1,175 355 1,257 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,763 1,597 3,701 2,379 Pipe For Piling 135 165 21 12 Wire Drawn 7,060 7,370 7,996 7,996 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,683 2,606 8,723 4,221 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,817 9,771 11,764 6,666 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 32,601 16,677 26,213 14,208 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,178 2,013 3,661 2,988 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,355 3,524 5,900 4,145 Strip - Hot Rolled 672 284 918 444 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,581 3,487 2,059 3,441 ______________________________________________________________ January 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,186 165,322 Ingots And Steel For Castings 974 621 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,657 22,001 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,603 909 Plates Cut Lengths 14,495 8,235 Plates In Coils 5,642 2,526 Rails Standard 517 306 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,363 27,170 Bars - Light Shaped 2,634 1,193 Bars - Cold Finished 3,573 3,191 Tool Steel 12,408 16,299 Standard Pipe 632 1,154 Oil Country Goods 11,284 15,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 6,141 4,622 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,759 1,375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,871 8,211 Pressure Tubing 1,815 3,184 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 355 1,257 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,728 2,409 Pipe For Piling 21 12 Wire Drawn 8,075 8,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,303 4,610 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,801 6,684 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 27,774 14,928 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,661 2,988 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,982 4,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,059 554 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,059 3,441 ______________________________________________________________ February 2002 January 2002 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 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 February 2003 (CB-03-52)