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 January 2006 December 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,865 422,495 353,185 398,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,676 1,597 1,063 1,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 100,175 51,653 64,063 37,170 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,039 10,068 11,051 8,038 Plates Cut Lengths 29,761 41,887 27,533 41,398 Plates In Coils 8,902 7,942 16,254 9,279 Rails Standard 663 484 1,085 699 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,096 51,740 57,877 44,856 Bars - Light Shaped 2,946 1,727 3,058 1,823 Bars - Cold Finished 5,167 8,996 5,777 10,393 Tool Steel 20,513 38,687 16,172 39,477 Standard Pipe 877 2,915 2,616 5,011 Oil Country Goods 40,659 70,745 37,426 71,358 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,971 28,977 21,466 22,678 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 148 163 161 272 Line Pipe - Not Specified 184 424 390 758 Mechanical Tubing 9,810 19,343 12,829 25,070 Pressure Tubing 2,420 8,707 2,066 6,121 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 369 1,521 459 1,787 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,110 4,036 1,761 2,759 Pipe For Piling 21 19 33 32 Wire Drawn 8,683 11,923 6,211 9,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,601 8,766 14,849 12,015 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,205 12,418 14,809 12,515 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,251 22,364 19,629 13,172 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,544 3,401 5,524 4,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,356 3,906 5,259 10,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 106 66 616 396 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,615 8,019 3,150 6,452 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 December 2004 Commodity Final Final Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,679 322,395 383,368 360,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,524 1,414 2,214 1,800 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,973 31,884 104,513 59,686 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,132 8,388 7,206 5,173 Plates Cut Lengths 19,221 24,285 36,542 48,713 Plates In Coils 16,833 14,547 7,781 5,780 Rails Standard 994 495 224 133 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,710 55,423 64,617 56,461 Bars - Light Shaped 776 486 1,459 885 Bars - Cold Finished 12,178 11,829 9,776 14,993 Tool Steel 16,511 30,726 21,029 34,309 Standard Pipe 682 1,607 1,828 3,144 Oil Country Goods 31,057 46,646 24,136 31,642 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,026 2,147 1,053 1,021 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 13 9 29 21 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,504 15,705 13,166 17,842 Pressure Tubing 2,387 4,473 2,813 4,891 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 313 1,107 391 1,515 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 3,160 1,503 2,424 Pipe For Piling 20 13 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 9,516 12,811 9,541 12,003 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,843 13,203 19,191 12,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,552 11,975 25,971 19,115 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,565 15,088 17,282 11,552 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,649 2,570 3,270 2,877 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,726 6,443 5,202 5,296 Strip - Hot Rolled 593 292 898 297 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,479 5,669 1,733 5,828 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final January 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.