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 April 2006 March 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 337,175 404,129 299,436 369,860 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,544 2,271 2,537 2,078 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,484 3,476 10,116 6,978 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,402 10,292 5,512 3,730 Plates Cut Lengths 25,189 34,570 38,081 51,024 Plates In Coils 12,616 8,851 4,461 3,260 Rails Standard 2,221 1,545 957 675 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,729 53,044 59,907 51,858 Bars - Light Shaped 2,864 1,774 2,656 1,618 Bars - Cold Finished 17,916 21,639 7,217 11,595 Tool Steel 12,301 31,509 12,966 32,868 Standard Pipe 840 2,903 774 1,866 Oil Country Goods 51,295 88,550 34,486 64,757 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,831 22,614 24,347 26,190 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 565 577 10 112 Line Pipe - Not Specified 109 440 105 368 Mechanical Tubing 11,143 21,343 8,560 16,081 Pressure Tubing 4,078 14,153 2,414 9,128 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 402 1,610 313 1,348 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,954 4,483 6,016 8,499 Pipe For Piling 137 128 17 16 Wire Drawn 7,833 10,563 8,073 11,493 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,845 16,485 10,903 8,190 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,767 18,148 16,467 13,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,391 16,791 25,408 18,286 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,811 4,206 9,203 7,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,004 6,081 4,472 9,528 Strip - Hot Rolled 872 417 691 398 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,033 5,664 2,768 7,211 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 342,311 409,275 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,854 2,715 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,325 8,154 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,512 3,730 Plates Cut Lengths 42,959 56,651 Plates In Coils 4,461 3,260 Rails Standard 1,054 742 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,983 60,702 Bars - Light Shaped 2,656 1,618 Bars - Cold Finished 7,296 11,706 Tool Steel 13,509 34,126 Standard Pipe 860 2,051 Oil Country Goods 38,797 70,584 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,524 36,285 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 216 Line Pipe - Not Specified 105 368 Mechanical Tubing 10,566 19,471 Pressure Tubing 2,440 9,270 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 504 1,529 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,067 8,547 Pipe For Piling 17 16 Wire Drawn 8,456 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,265 8,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,467 13,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,414 18,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,203 7,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,519 10,426 Strip - Hot Rolled 691 398 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,780 7,368 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2005 March 2005 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 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 April 2006 (CB-06-78)