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 March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 342,311 409,275 305,241 345,556 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,854 2,715 2,515 2,244 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,325 8,154 18,913 11,737 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,512 3,730 17,369 9,818 Plates Cut Lengths 42,959 56,651 28,121 38,776 Plates In Coils 4,461 3,260 11,974 7,630 Rails Standard 1,054 742 1,086 882 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,983 60,702 68,506 55,453 Bars - Light Shaped 2,656 1,618 3,242 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 7,296 11,706 10,997 16,526 Tool Steel 13,509 34,126 11,754 32,382 Standard Pipe 860 2,051 1,126 3,118 Oil Country Goods 38,797 70,584 25,434 50,606 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,524 36,285 4,635 6,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 216 21 52 Line Pipe - Not Specified 105 368 125 322 Mechanical Tubing 10,566 19,471 10,809 19,151 Pressure Tubing 2,440 9,270 1,795 6,761 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 504 1,529 282 1,259 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,067 8,547 1,607 2,599 Pipe For Piling 17 16 24 25 Wire Drawn 8,456 11,947 6,233 9,222 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,265 8,396 12,825 9,705 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,467 13,323 20,321 14,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,414 18,292 23,557 17,539 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,203 7,383 8,108 6,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,519 10,426 10,986 12,806 Strip - Hot Rolled 691 398 470 562 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,780 7,368 2,406 6,381 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data March February Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,672 384,750 319,489 313,265 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,440 1,271 3,189 2,881 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 95,150 59,800 71,540 43,244 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,730 5,306 7,724 5,747 Plates Cut Lengths 31,653 38,539 31,474 41,683 Plates In Coils 6,943 5,249 6,472 5,022 Rails Standard 4,703 2,783 4,567 2,808 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,813 50,681 58,726 48,410 Bars - Light Shaped 2,133 1,307 751 460 Bars - Cold Finished 10,467 11,320 10,733 14,209 Tool Steel 15,546 35,644 14,826 32,631 Standard Pipe 1,247 2,713 684 1,442 Oil Country Goods 28,367 42,449 20,553 26,710 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,808 24,466 4 25 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 85 55 41 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,749 16,892 11,655 16,360 Pressure Tubing 3,072 6,265 2,483 4,963 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,245 252 989 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,390 2,917 1,949 2,545 Pipe For Piling 153 165 501 413 Wire Drawn 9,459 12,751 7,908 10,494 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,681 14,869 9,598 6,588 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,540 15,323 19,452 15,458 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,151 14,905 19,666 13,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,866 4,554 2,896 2,724 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,603 6,710 8,191 8,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 727 356 952 536 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,930 6,182 2,687 4,826 -------------------------------------------------------------- March Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,061,417 1,177,326 1,024,840 1,020,409 Ingots And Steel For Castings 7,044 6,556 6,154 5,566 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 131,413 71,544 209,664 134,929 Structural Shapes Heavy 39,919 23,616 28,586 19,441 Plates Cut Lengths 100,841 137,314 82,347 104,507 Plates In Coils 25,338 18,832 30,248 24,818 Rails Standard 2,803 2,107 10,265 6,087 Bars - Hot Rolled 207,584 167,895 186,250 154,513 Bars - Light Shaped 8,843 5,189 3,660 2,252 Bars - Cold Finished 23,459 37,229 33,377 37,358 Tool Steel 45,777 105,195 46,883 99,001 Standard Pipe 2,862 8,085 2,613 5,763 Oil Country Goods 104,890 191,935 79,978 115,805 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 66,130 71,820 20,838 26,639 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 199 431 136 135 Line Pipe - Not Specified 414 1,114 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 31,185 57,964 32,908 48,956 Pressure Tubing 6,654 24,738 7,942 15,701 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,155 4,309 846 3,341 Structural Pipe & Tube 10,784 15,181 5,239 8,623 Pipe For Piling 62 60 674 591 Wire Drawn 23,372 33,093 26,883 36,056 Sheets Hot Rolled 35,690 26,867 49,122 34,660 Sheets Cold Rolled 52,993 40,445 53,545 42,755 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 82,222 58,195 64,382 43,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 20,856 17,677 10,410 9,848 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 18,861 27,138 21,520 21,443 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,267 1,026 2,273 1,184 Strip - Cold Rolled 8,800 21,767 8,097 16,677 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final March 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.