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 April 2003 March 2003 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 260,516 169,809 284,583 178,339 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,207 1,517 1,255 1,070 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 43,423 13,041 77,680 21,214 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,571 1,982 3,471 1,700 Plates Cut Lengths 18,317 11,536 20,296 11,030 Plates In Coils 8,774 3,337 2,901 1,310 Rails Standard 93 83 1,736 855 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,112 22,475 59,144 29,315 Bars - Light Shaped 1,796 829 1,103 485 Bars - Cold Finished 6,407 5,059 4,586 3,741 Tool Steel 14,931 18,983 15,921 19,493 Standard Pipe 501 1,042 2,610 2,486 Oil Country Goods 18,933 19,658 16,828 20,470 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,442 7,458 2,557 1,857 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,638 1,922 2,644 1,920 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 6,864 8,416 8,874 10,717 Pressure Tubing 1,919 3,440 1,756 3,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 118 506 128 486 Structural Pipe & Tube 806 1,356 966 1,616 Pipe For Piling 64 116 15 44 Wire Drawn 9,014 9,073 9,732 9,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,561 4,292 8,735 4,783 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,259 6,067 8,836 6,228 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 35,463 17,714 18,526 10,561 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,484 1,732 3,520 3,116 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,375 3,305 8,413 6,690 Strip - Hot Rolled 630 299 375 268 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,813 4,572 1,975 3,968 ______________________________________________________________ March 2003 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 286,328 180,742 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,255 1,070 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 77,680 21,214 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,471 1,700 Plates Cut Lengths 20,463 11,088 Plates In Coils 2,901 1,310 Rails Standard 1,736 855 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,415 30,252 Bars - Light Shaped 1,103 485 Bars - Cold Finished 4,586 3,741 Tool Steel 15,987 19,671 Standard Pipe 1,401 1,839 Oil Country Goods 18,862 22,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,557 1,857 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,644 1,920 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 8,889 10,732 Pressure Tubing 1,756 3,533 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 128 486 Structural Pipe & Tube 966 1,616 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,732 9,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,735 4,783 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,877 6,259 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,526 10,561 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,520 3,116 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,683 6,827 Strip - Hot Rolled 375 268 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,080 4,107 ______________________________________________________________ April 2002 March 2002 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 263,156 165,347 285,643 164,120 Ingots And Steel For Castings 575 526 583 463 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 45,085 8,973 80,834 15,779 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,399 3,769 6,313 2,004 Plates Cut Lengths 16,331 8,037 19,932 11,491 Plates In Coils 6,176 2,127 8,749 3,104 Rails Standard 267 294 44 27 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,269 27,213 54,154 26,846 Bars - Light Shaped 2,225 1,062 2,913 997 Bars - Cold Finished 3,407 3,891 4,468 5,709 Tool Steel 9,709 12,718 8,217 14,022 Standard Pipe 878 1,397 1,047 1,967 Oil Country Goods 17,690 15,462 7,755 10,367 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 19,686 12,674 13,409 8,616 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 20 133 163 203 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 9,550 13,619 7,433 10,102 Pressure Tubing 6,189 13,355 5,001 10,234 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 844 269 831 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,312 2,402 1,905 1,463 Pipe For Piling 93 49 73 37 Wire Drawn 9,300 9,011 7,343 7,391 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,863 1,802 4,854 2,069 Sheets Cold Rolled 4,582 2,601 6,288 3,392 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,131 15,416 34,659 18,699 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,413 2,340 3,002 2,484 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,999 2,305 3,206 2,266 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 229 1,041 557 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,342 3,099 1,985 2,999 NOTE: See the cover report specifically explaining the current month's preliminary steel imports trade data or www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/steel_index.html. 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 April 2003 (CB-03-82)