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 April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,973 426,194 342,311 409,275 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,554 2,288 2,854 2,715 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,490 3,755 12,325 8,154 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,448 10,317 5,512 3,730 Plates Cut Lengths 25,795 35,207 42,959 56,651 Plates In Coils 12,616 8,851 4,461 3,260 Rails Standard 4,009 2,689 1,054 742 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,895 58,817 74,983 60,702 Bars - Light Shaped 2,948 1,822 2,656 1,618 Bars - Cold Finished 18,024 21,771 7,296 11,706 Tool Steel 12,576 32,253 13,509 34,126 Standard Pipe 840 2,903 860 2,051 Oil Country Goods 59,188 98,480 38,797 70,584 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,851 22,628 35,524 36,285 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 142 336 30 216 Line Pipe - Not Specified 109 440 105 368 Mechanical Tubing 11,604 22,184 10,566 19,471 Pressure Tubing 4,121 14,425 2,440 9,270 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,665 504 1,529 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,954 4,483 6,067 8,547 Pipe For Piling 137 128 17 16 Wire Drawn 8,029 10,784 8,456 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,883 16,540 11,265 8,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,197 20,120 16,467 13,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,391 16,791 25,414 18,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,811 4,206 9,203 7,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,014 6,108 5,519 10,426 Strip - Hot Rolled 872 421 691 398 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,052 5,782 2,780 7,368 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data April March Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,344 442,670 383,672 384,750 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,967 1,890 1,440 1,271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 129,335 78,745 95,150 59,800 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,101 6,722 6,730 5,306 Plates Cut Lengths 30,911 40,941 31,653 38,539 Plates In Coils 10,443 7,288 6,943 5,249 Rails Standard 2,376 1,740 4,703 2,783 Bars - Hot Rolled 83,456 61,789 59,813 50,681 Bars - Light Shaped 1,858 1,100 2,133 1,307 Bars - Cold Finished 16,764 20,817 10,467 11,320 Tool Steel 16,836 40,290 15,546 35,644 Standard Pipe 1,354 2,440 1,247 2,713 Oil Country Goods 42,865 59,847 28,367 42,449 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,539 21,190 18,808 24,466 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 34 69 85 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,111 14,397 10,749 16,892 Pressure Tubing 3,433 7,096 3,072 6,265 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 293 1,420 281 1,245 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,506 2,709 1,390 2,917 Pipe For Piling 217 219 153 165 Wire Drawn 8,184 11,795 9,459 12,751 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,007 13,153 20,681 14,869 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,221 10,429 18,540 15,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,581 16,406 21,151 14,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,059 3,819 4,866 4,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,905 9,733 6,603 6,710 Strip - Hot Rolled 964 535 727 356 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,036 6,123 2,930 6,182 -------------------------------------------------------------- April Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,427,390 1,603,520 1,484,184 1,463,079 Ingots And Steel For Castings 9,598 8,844 8,121 7,456 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 135,903 75,299 338,998 213,674 Structural Shapes Heavy 56,366 33,934 37,686 26,163 Plates Cut Lengths 126,637 172,522 113,259 145,449 Plates In Coils 37,954 27,684 40,692 32,106 Rails Standard 6,812 4,796 12,640 7,827 Bars - Hot Rolled 281,479 226,712 269,706 216,302 Bars - Light Shaped 11,792 7,011 5,518 3,352 Bars - Cold Finished 41,483 59,000 50,141 58,175 Tool Steel 58,352 137,448 63,720 139,291 Standard Pipe 3,702 10,988 3,968 8,203 Oil Country Goods 164,079 290,415 122,842 175,653 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 87,981 94,448 37,377 47,829 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 341 768 157 170 Line Pipe - Not Specified 523 1,554 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 42,789 80,149 42,019 63,353 Pressure Tubing 10,776 39,163 11,376 22,796 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,576 5,974 1,139 4,762 Structural Pipe & Tube 13,737 19,664 6,745 11,332 Pipe For Piling 199 188 892 809 Wire Drawn 31,401 43,878 35,067 47,851 Sheets Hot Rolled 56,573 43,407 66,130 47,813 Sheets Cold Rolled 79,190 60,565 66,766 53,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 106,613 74,987 90,963 60,165 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 25,667 21,883 14,469 13,667 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 22,876 33,247 29,425 31,176 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,139 1,447 3,236 1,719 Strip - Cold Rolled 10,852 27,549 11,132 22,800 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final April 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.