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 2005 November 2005 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,702 384,437 312,453 376,925 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,068 1,036 3,982 3,513 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,465 36,701 19,553 13,158 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,051 8,038 15,339 7,704 Plates Cut Lengths 26,122 36,914 28,094 39,156 Plates In Coils 16,254 9,279 8,984 5,513 Rails Standard 1,085 699 3,507 2,419 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,935 42,678 54,506 45,112 Bars - Light Shaped 3,058 1,823 2,406 1,419 Bars - Cold Finished 5,673 10,255 7,395 12,841 Tool Steel 14,931 37,664 16,033 44,838 Standard Pipe 1,147 3,275 824 2,725 Oil Country Goods 35,471 68,706 38,133 67,676 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,466 22,678 17,963 18,560 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 172 272 77 142 Line Pipe - Not Specified 447 758 152 344 Mechanical Tubing 12,195 24,528 11,582 21,062 Pressure Tubing 2,045 5,938 2,927 7,726 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 459 1,787 680 2,556 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,760 2,755 1,991 3,226 Pipe For Piling 33 32 35 47 Wire Drawn 6,123 9,329 7,919 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,769 11,895 24,816 19,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,809 12,515 14,499 12,114 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,629 13,172 19,903 13,712 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,524 4,847 1,982 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,259 10,051 5,753 11,176 Strip - Hot Rolled 616 396 555 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,139 6,417 2,863 6,634 ______________________________________________________________ November 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 316,037 381,000 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,982 3,513 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,553 13,158 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,340 7,718 Plates Cut Lengths 28,094 39,156 Plates In Coils 8,984 5,513 Rails Standard 3,536 2,435 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,594 45,130 Bars - Light Shaped 2,406 1,419 Bars - Cold Finished 7,439 12,841 Tool Steel 16,273 45,304 Standard Pipe 906 2,889 Oil Country Goods 41,016 70,949 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,963 18,560 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 94 171 Line Pipe - Not Specified 152 344 Mechanical Tubing 11,613 21,108 Pressure Tubing 2,941 7,742 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 681 2,569 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,991 3,226 Pipe For Piling 48 47 Wire Drawn 7,919 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,816 19,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,499 12,114 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,903 13,712 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,053 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,825 11,195 Strip - Hot Rolled 555 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 6,634 ______________________________________________________________ December 2004 November 2004 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,368 360,136 295,003 301,639 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,214 1,800 2,540 2,161 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 104,513 59,686 21,961 17,925 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,206 5,173 15,668 10,772 Plates Cut Lengths 36,542 48,713 19,702 21,763 Plates In Coils 7,781 5,780 12,047 8,248 Rails Standard 224 133 233 155 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,617 56,461 51,917 45,554 Bars - Light Shaped 1,459 885 1,690 1,026 Bars - Cold Finished 9,776 14,993 8,452 13,181 Tool Steel 21,029 34,309 12,852 27,339 Standard Pipe 1,828 3,144 1,493 1,769 Oil Country Goods 24,136 31,642 36,055 47,892 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,053 1,021 2,627 2,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 29 21 8,717 7,159 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,166 17,842 11,553 14,947 Pressure Tubing 2,813 4,891 3,045 4,968 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,515 347 1,347 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,503 2,424 1,835 2,582 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 589 477 Wire Drawn 9,541 12,003 9,145 11,126 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,191 12,735 17,405 12,021 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,971 19,115 19,006 15,609 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,282 11,552 21,103 13,608 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,270 2,877 2,444 2,419 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,202 5,296 10,237 9,684 Strip - Hot Rolled 898 297 658 325 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,733 5,828 1,678 5,049 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 Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary December 2005 (CB-06-11)