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 2006 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,241 345,556 413,865 422,495 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,515 2,244 1,676 1,597 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,913 11,737 100,175 51,653 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,369 9,818 17,039 10,068 Plates Cut Lengths 28,121 38,776 29,761 41,887 Plates In Coils 11,974 7,630 8,902 7,942 Rails Standard 1,086 882 663 484 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,506 55,453 64,096 51,740 Bars - Light Shaped 3,242 1,845 2,946 1,727 Bars - Cold Finished 10,997 16,526 5,167 8,996 Tool Steel 11,754 32,382 20,513 38,687 Standard Pipe 1,126 3,118 877 2,915 Oil Country Goods 25,434 50,606 40,659 70,745 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,635 6,558 25,971 28,977 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 52 148 163 Line Pipe - Not Specified 125 322 184 424 Mechanical Tubing 10,809 19,151 9,810 19,343 Pressure Tubing 1,795 6,761 2,420 8,707 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 282 1,259 369 1,521 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,607 2,599 3,110 4,036 Pipe For Piling 24 25 21 19 Wire Drawn 6,233 9,222 8,683 11,923 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,825 9,705 11,601 8,766 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,321 14,705 16,205 12,418 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,557 17,539 33,251 22,364 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,108 6,893 3,544 3,401 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,986 12,806 2,356 3,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 470 562 106 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,406 6,381 3,615 8,019 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data February January Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 319,489 313,265 321,679 322,395 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,189 2,881 1,524 1,414 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 71,540 43,244 42,973 31,884 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,724 5,747 14,132 8,388 Plates Cut Lengths 31,474 41,683 19,221 24,285 Plates In Coils 6,472 5,022 16,833 14,547 Rails Standard 4,567 2,808 994 495 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,726 48,410 67,710 55,423 Bars - Light Shaped 751 460 776 486 Bars - Cold Finished 10,733 14,209 12,178 11,829 Tool Steel 14,826 32,631 16,511 30,726 Standard Pipe 684 1,442 682 1,607 Oil Country Goods 20,553 26,710 31,057 46,646 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4 25 2,026 2,147 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 55 41 13 9 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,655 16,360 10,504 15,705 Pressure Tubing 2,483 4,963 2,387 4,473 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 252 989 313 1,107 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,949 2,545 1,900 3,160 Pipe For Piling 501 413 20 13 Wire Drawn 7,908 10,494 9,516 12,811 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,598 6,588 18,843 13,203 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,452 15,458 15,552 11,975 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,666 13,766 23,565 15,088 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,896 2,724 2,649 2,570 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,191 8,290 6,726 6,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 952 536 593 292 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,687 4,826 2,479 5,669 -------------------------------------------------------------- February Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 719,106 768,051 641,168 635,660 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,191 3,841 4,714 4,295 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 119,088 63,390 114,513 75,128 Structural Shapes Heavy 34,407 19,887 21,856 14,136 Plates Cut Lengths 57,882 80,663 50,695 65,968 Plates In Coils 20,877 15,572 23,305 19,570 Rails Standard 1,749 1,366 5,561 3,304 Bars - Hot Rolled 132,602 107,193 126,437 103,832 Bars - Light Shaped 6,188 3,571 1,527 945 Bars - Cold Finished 16,163 25,523 22,911 26,038 Tool Steel 32,267 71,070 31,337 63,357 Standard Pipe 2,002 6,033 1,366 3,049 Oil Country Goods 66,093 121,351 51,611 73,356 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,606 35,535 2,030 2,173 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 169 215 67 50 Line Pipe - Not Specified 309 746 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 20,619 38,493 22,159 32,064 Pressure Tubing 4,215 15,468 4,870 9,436 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 651 2,780 565 2,096 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,717 6,635 3,849 5,706 Pipe For Piling 45 45 521 426 Wire Drawn 14,915 21,146 17,424 23,305 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,426 18,471 28,441 19,791 Sheets Cold Rolled 36,526 27,123 35,004 27,433 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 56,808 39,903 43,232 28,854 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 11,652 10,294 5,545 5,294 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 13,342 16,712 14,917 14,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 576 627 1,545 828 Strip - Cold Rolled 6,020 14,399 5,167 10,495 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final February 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.