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 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 395,911 396,458 340,702 384,437 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,065 2,286 1,068 1,036 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,437 50,758 63,465 36,701 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,904 9,983 11,051 8,038 Plates Cut Lengths 29,189 41,060 26,122 36,914 Plates In Coils 8,750 7,836 16,254 9,279 Rails Standard 649 476 1,085 699 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,079 49,705 52,935 42,678 Bars - Light Shaped 2,937 1,720 3,058 1,823 Bars - Cold Finished 4,810 8,309 5,673 10,255 Tool Steel 19,982 35,925 14,931 37,664 Standard Pipe 793 2,698 1,147 3,275 Oil Country Goods 35,598 61,422 35,471 68,706 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,867 25,780 21,466 22,678 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 36 77 172 272 Line Pipe - Not Specified 142 420 447 758 Mechanical Tubing 9,363 18,020 12,195 24,528 Pressure Tubing 2,413 8,655 2,045 5,938 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 308 1,393 459 1,787 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,998 3,962 1,760 2,755 Pipe For Piling 21 19 33 32 Wire Drawn 8,297 11,465 6,123 9,329 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,946 8,351 14,769 11,895 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,127 11,421 14,809 12,515 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,637 20,686 19,629 13,172 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,851 2,808 5,524 4,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,178 3,544 5,259 10,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 106 66 616 396 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,428 7,614 3,139 6,417 ______________________________________________________________ December 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 353,185 398,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,063 1,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,063 37,170 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,051 8,038 Plates Cut Lengths 27,533 41,398 Plates In Coils 16,254 9,279 Rails Standard 1,085 699 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,877 44,856 Bars - Light Shaped 3,058 1,823 Bars - Cold Finished 5,777 10,393 Tool Steel 16,172 39,477 Standard Pipe 2,616 5,011 Oil Country Goods 37,426 71,358 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,466 22,678 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 161 272 Line Pipe - Not Specified 390 758 Mechanical Tubing 12,829 25,070 Pressure Tubing 2,066 6,121 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 459 1,787 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,761 2,759 Pipe For Piling 33 32 Wire Drawn 6,211 9,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,849 12,015 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,809 12,515 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,629 13,172 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,524 4,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,259 10,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 616 396 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,150 6,452 ______________________________________________________________ January 2005 December 2004 Final Final Commodity 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 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 January 2006 (CB-06-29)