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 March 2003 February 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,583 178,339 237,888 139,856 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,255 1,070 846 499 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 77,680 21,214 69,100 18,331 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,471 1,700 4,146 1,925 Plates Cut Lengths 20,296 11,030 14,732 7,447 Plates In Coils 2,901 1,310 2,530 1,227 Rails Standard 1,736 855 122 105 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,144 29,315 34,982 17,414 Bars - Light Shaped 1,103 485 1,368 555 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 3,741 3,671 2,939 Tool Steel 15,921 19,493 12,254 15,564 Standard Pipe 2,610 2,486 906 1,344 Oil Country Goods 16,828 20,470 9,755 11,501 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,557 1,857 122 119 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,644 1,920 2,314 2,026 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,874 10,717 6,190 6,989 Pressure Tubing 1,756 3,533 1,711 3,202 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 486 294 1,175 Structural Pipe & Tube 966 1,616 1,763 1,597 Pipe For Piling 15 44 135 165 Wire Drawn 9,732 9,382 7,060 7,370 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,735 4,783 4,683 2,606 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,836 6,228 18,817 9,771 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,526 10,561 32,601 16,677 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,520 3,116 2,178 2,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,413 6,690 3,355 3,524 Strip - Hot Rolled 375 268 672 284 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,975 3,968 1,581 3,487 ______________________________________________________________ February 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 242,068 143,589 Ingots And Steel For Castings 846 499 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 69,616 18,473 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,146 1,925 Plates Cut Lengths 14,732 7,447 Plates In Coils 2,530 1,227 Rails Standard 122 105 Bars - Hot Rolled 35,568 17,693 Bars - Light Shaped 1,389 562 Bars - Cold Finished 3,671 2,939 Tool Steel 13,051 16,451 Standard Pipe 908 1,371 Oil Country Goods 9,888 12,265 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 122 119 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,314 2,026 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,604 7,499 Pressure Tubing 1,715 3,221 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 294 1,175 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,763 1,597 Pipe For Piling 135 165 Wire Drawn 7,156 7,459 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,683 2,606 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,892 9,810 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,939 17,398 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,178 2,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,553 3,772 Strip - Hot Rolled 672 284 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,581 3,487 ______________________________________________________________ March 2002 February 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,643 164,120 340,920 181,829 Ingots And Steel For Castings 583 463 2,480 1,460 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 80,834 15,779 101,922 19,650 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 2,004 7,112 2,296 Plates Cut Lengths 19,932 11,491 28,388 14,975 Plates In Coils 8,749 3,104 4,526 1,509 Rails Standard 44 27 976 560 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,154 26,846 57,406 27,639 Bars - Light Shaped 2,913 997 1,837 634 Bars - Cold Finished 4,468 5,709 2,799 4,192 Tool Steel 8,217 14,022 11,712 14,705 Standard Pipe 1,047 1,967 842 1,850 Oil Country Goods 7,755 10,367 6,010 9,752 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,409 8,616 18,862 11,729 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 163 203 109 618 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 7,433 10,102 5,307 7,328 Pressure Tubing 5,001 10,234 2,802 6,071 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 269 831 213 826 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,905 1,463 1,906 1,691 Pipe For Piling 73 37 0 0 Wire Drawn 7,343 7,391 6,259 6,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,854 2,069 10,633 5,508 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,288 3,392 9,743 6,972 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 34,659 18,699 37,083 19,481 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,002 2,484 4,486 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,206 2,266 14,364 8,196 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,041 557 1,195 644 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,985 2,999 1,949 3,960 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 March 2003 (CB-03-72)