Exhibit 1a: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Not Seasonally Adjusted Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding February 2006 January 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 293,830 337,516 395,911 396,458 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,515 2,244 3,065 2,286 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,911 10,987 99,437 50,758 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,369 9,818 16,904 9,983 Plates Cut Lengths 28,121 38,776 29,189 41,060 Plates In Coils 11,974 7,630 8,750 7,836 Rails Standard 989 666 649 476 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,049 51,227 61,079 49,705 Bars - Light Shaped 3,242 1,845 2,937 1,720 Bars - Cold Finished 10,879 16,129 4,810 8,309 Tool Steel 11,474 31,966 19,982 35,925 Standard Pipe 1,126 3,118 793 2,698 Oil Country Goods 23,487 49,250 35,598 61,422 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,635 6,558 23,867 25,780 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 52 36 77 Line Pipe - Not Specified 125 322 142 420 Mechanical Tubing 10,761 19,114 9,363 18,020 Pressure Tubing 1,795 6,761 2,413 8,655 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 282 1,259 308 1,393 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,607 2,599 2,998 3,962 Pipe For Piling 24 25 21 19 Wire Drawn 6,187 9,164 8,297 11,465 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,561 9,349 10,946 8,351 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,321 14,705 15,127 11,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,538 17,511 30,637 20,686 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,108 6,893 2,851 2,808 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,986 12,806 2,178 3,544 Strip - Hot Rolled 468 539 106 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,276 6,206 3,428 7,614 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,865 422,495 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,676 1,597 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 100,175 51,653 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,039 10,068 Plates Cut Lengths 29,761 41,887 Plates In Coils 8,902 7,942 Rails Standard 663 484 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,096 51,740 Bars - Light Shaped 2,946 1,727 Bars - Cold Finished 5,167 8,996 Tool Steel 20,513 38,687 Standard Pipe 877 2,915 Oil Country Goods 40,659 70,745 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,971 28,977 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 148 163 Line Pipe - Not Specified 184 424 Mechanical Tubing 9,810 19,343 Pressure Tubing 2,420 8,707 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 369 1,521 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,110 4,036 Pipe For Piling 21 19 Wire Drawn 8,683 11,923 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,601 8,766 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,205 12,418 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,251 22,364 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,544 3,401 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,356 3,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 106 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,615 8,019 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2005 January 2005 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 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 February 2006 (CB-06-44)