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 March 2006 February 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 299,436 369,860 293,830 337,516 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,537 2,078 2,515 2,244 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,116 6,978 18,911 10,987 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,512 3,730 17,369 9,818 Plates Cut Lengths 38,081 51,024 28,121 38,776 Plates In Coils 4,461 3,260 11,974 7,630 Rails Standard 957 675 989 666 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,907 51,858 60,049 51,227 Bars - Light Shaped 2,656 1,618 3,242 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 7,217 11,595 10,879 16,129 Tool Steel 12,966 32,868 11,474 31,966 Standard Pipe 774 1,866 1,126 3,118 Oil Country Goods 34,486 64,757 23,487 49,250 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,347 26,190 4,635 6,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 10 112 21 52 Line Pipe - Not Specified 105 368 125 322 Mechanical Tubing 8,560 16,081 10,761 19,114 Pressure Tubing 2,414 9,128 1,795 6,761 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 313 1,348 282 1,259 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,016 8,499 1,607 2,599 Pipe For Piling 17 16 24 25 Wire Drawn 8,073 11,493 6,187 9,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,903 8,190 12,561 9,349 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,467 13,323 20,321 14,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,408 18,286 23,538 17,511 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,203 7,383 8,108 6,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,472 9,528 10,986 12,806 Strip - Hot Rolled 691 398 468 539 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,768 7,211 2,276 6,206 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,241 345,556 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,515 2,244 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,913 11,737 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,369 9,818 Plates Cut Lengths 28,121 38,776 Plates In Coils 11,974 7,630 Rails Standard 1,086 882 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,506 55,453 Bars - Light Shaped 3,242 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 10,997 16,526 Tool Steel 11,754 32,382 Standard Pipe 1,126 3,118 Oil Country Goods 25,434 50,606 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,635 6,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 52 Line Pipe - Not Specified 125 322 Mechanical Tubing 10,809 19,151 Pressure Tubing 1,795 6,761 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 282 1,259 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,607 2,599 Pipe For Piling 24 25 Wire Drawn 6,233 9,222 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,825 9,705 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,321 14,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,557 17,539 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,108 6,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,986 12,806 Strip - Hot Rolled 470 562 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,406 6,381 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2005 February 2005 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 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 March 2006 (CB-06-61)