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 May 2006 April 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 331,123 406,197 337,175 404,129 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,686 3,618 2,544 2,271 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,863 22,156 4,484 3,476 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,785 8,680 16,402 10,292 Plates Cut Lengths 23,815 34,253 25,189 34,570 Plates In Coils 10,013 6,873 12,616 8,851 Rails Standard 314 242 2,221 1,545 Bars - Hot Rolled 62,971 54,730 60,729 53,044 Bars - Light Shaped 2,423 1,440 2,864 1,774 Bars - Cold Finished 7,423 12,581 17,916 21,639 Tool Steel 12,416 32,058 12,301 31,509 Standard Pipe 1,426 3,544 840 2,903 Oil Country Goods 43,005 90,695 51,295 88,550 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,057 13,241 21,831 22,614 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 46 430 565 577 Line Pipe - Not Specified 80 372 109 440 Mechanical Tubing 13,477 23,487 11,143 21,343 Pressure Tubing 2,430 7,846 4,078 14,153 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 406 1,698 402 1,610 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,932 6,485 2,954 4,483 Pipe For Piling 120 115 137 128 Wire Drawn 9,717 13,542 7,833 10,563 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,587 11,289 20,845 16,485 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,800 19,286 21,767 18,148 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 5,273 9,272 4,004 6,081 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 67 872 417 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,610 7,427 2,033 5,664 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,973 426,194 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,554 2,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,490 3,755 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,448 10,317 Plates Cut Lengths 25,795 35,207 Plates In Coils 12,616 8,851 Rails Standard 4,009 2,689 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,895 58,817 Bars - Light Shaped 2,948 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 18,024 21,771 Tool Steel 12,576 32,253 Standard Pipe 840 2,903 Oil Country Goods 59,188 98,480 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,851 22,628 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 142 336 Line Pipe - Not Specified 109 440 Mechanical Tubing 11,604 22,184 Pressure Tubing 4,121 14,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,665 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,954 4,483 Pipe For Piling 137 128 Wire Drawn 8,029 10,784 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,883 16,540 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,197 20,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,391 16,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,811 4,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,014 6,108 Strip - Hot Rolled 872 421 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,052 5,782 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2005 April 2005 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 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 May 2006 (CB-06-100)