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 May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,894 429,076 365,973 426,194 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,686 3,618 2,554 2,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,090 22,513 4,490 3,755 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,785 8,680 16,448 10,317 Plates Cut Lengths 23,815 34,253 25,795 35,207 Plates In Coils 10,013 6,873 12,616 8,851 Rails Standard 314 242 4,009 2,689 Bars - Hot Rolled 79,078 71,048 73,895 58,817 Bars - Light Shaped 2,423 1,440 2,948 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 7,423 12,581 18,024 21,771 Tool Steel 12,793 32,543 12,576 32,253 Standard Pipe 1,433 3,556 840 2,903 Oil Country Goods 46,862 95,674 59,188 98,480 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,057 13,241 21,851 22,628 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 53 524 142 336 Line Pipe - Not Specified 80 372 109 440 Mechanical Tubing 13,489 23,503 11,604 22,184 Pressure Tubing 2,563 8,423 4,121 14,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 406 1,698 421 1,665 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,932 6,485 2,954 4,483 Pipe For Piling 120 115 137 128 Wire Drawn 9,737 13,561 8,029 10,784 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,587 11,289 20,883 16,540 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,803 19,289 26,197 20,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,796 14,656 24,391 16,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,535 6,114 4,811 4,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,293 9,288 4,014 6,108 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 67 872 421 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,611 7,430 2,052 5,782 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data May April Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 437,509 446,593 459,344 442,670 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,091 3,807 1,967 1,890 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 113,922 70,412 129,335 78,745 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,976 8,581 9,101 6,722 Plates Cut Lengths 31,385 39,144 30,911 40,941 Plates In Coils 8,398 5,935 10,443 7,288 Rails Standard 5,685 4,003 2,376 1,740 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,324 58,182 83,456 61,789 Bars - Light Shaped 2,228 1,275 1,858 1,100 Bars - Cold Finished 12,406 15,100 16,764 20,817 Tool Steel 16,990 39,337 16,836 40,290 Standard Pipe 1,187 2,521 1,354 2,440 Oil Country Goods 39,567 64,370 42,865 59,847 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,597 30,590 16,539 21,190 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46 46 21 34 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,259 21,381 9,111 14,397 Pressure Tubing 3,994 8,554 3,433 7,096 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 249 1,127 293 1,420 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,236 3,655 1,506 2,709 Pipe For Piling 78 81 217 219 Wire Drawn 8,337 11,971 8,184 11,795 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,736 11,214 17,007 13,153 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,005 13,267 13,221 10,429 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,834 14,551 26,581 16,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,721 4,561 4,059 3,819 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,275 6,125 7,905 9,733 Strip - Hot Rolled 393 233 964 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,593 6,570 3,036 6,123 -------------------------------------------------------------- May Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 1,779,283 2,032,596 1,921,693 1,909,672 Ingots And Steel For Castings 13,284 12,462 12,212 11,263 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 168,994 97,812 452,920 284,086 Structural Shapes Heavy 70,151 42,613 52,663 34,744 Plates Cut Lengths 150,452 206,774 144,643 184,592 Plates In Coils 47,967 34,557 49,090 38,041 Rails Standard 7,126 5,038 18,325 11,830 Bars - Hot Rolled 360,557 297,760 339,030 274,483 Bars - Light Shaped 14,214 8,451 7,746 4,628 Bars - Cold Finished 48,906 71,581 62,548 73,276 Tool Steel 71,145 169,991 80,710 178,628 Standard Pipe 5,135 14,544 5,154 10,724 Oil Country Goods 210,940 386,090 162,409 240,022 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 101,038 107,689 62,974 78,419 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 394 1,292 203 216 Line Pipe - Not Specified 603 1,926 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 56,278 103,652 54,277 84,734 Pressure Tubing 13,339 47,586 15,370 31,351 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,981 7,673 1,388 5,889 Structural Pipe & Tube 17,669 26,150 8,981 14,987 Pipe For Piling 320 303 969 891 Wire Drawn 41,138 57,439 43,404 59,822 Sheets Hot Rolled 71,160 54,695 79,866 59,027 Sheets Cold Rolled 102,993 79,854 82,770 66,452 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 126,410 89,643 111,797 74,716 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 33,202 27,996 19,190 18,229 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 28,169 42,535 35,700 37,301 Strip - Hot Rolled 2,257 1,513 3,629 1,953 Strip - Cold Rolled 13,463 34,979 13,725 29,370 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final May 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.