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 June 2006 May 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,766 351,433 331,123 406,197 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,175 1,817 3,686 3,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,455 12,708 32,863 22,156 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,139 2,214 13,785 8,680 Plates Cut Lengths 31,765 41,955 23,815 34,253 Plates In Coils 17,737 12,197 10,013 6,873 Rails Standard 1,648 910 314 242 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,935 50,331 62,971 54,730 Bars - Light Shaped 1,777 1,154 2,423 1,440 Bars - Cold Finished 9,915 15,187 7,423 12,581 Tool Steel 13,702 37,501 12,416 32,058 Standard Pipe 1,049 2,180 1,426 3,544 Oil Country Goods 32,314 60,432 43,005 90,695 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 738 912 13,057 13,241 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 503 1,409 46 430 Line Pipe - Not Specified 238 270 80 372 Mechanical Tubing 8,161 15,670 13,477 23,487 Pressure Tubing 3,277 10,701 2,430 7,846 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 599 2,467 406 1,698 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,829 3,795 3,932 6,485 Pipe For Piling 79 88 120 115 Wire Drawn 8,574 12,269 9,717 13,542 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,058 12,068 14,587 11,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,733 20,793 23,800 19,286 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,429 12,766 19,796 14,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,563 2,569 7,535 6,114 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,410 10,509 5,273 9,272 Strip - Hot Rolled 645 715 118 67 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,317 5,847 2,610 7,427 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,894 429,076 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,686 3,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,090 22,513 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,785 8,680 Plates Cut Lengths 23,815 34,253 Plates In Coils 10,013 6,873 Rails Standard 314 242 Bars - Hot Rolled 79,078 71,048 Bars - Light Shaped 2,423 1,440 Bars - Cold Finished 7,423 12,581 Tool Steel 12,793 32,543 Standard Pipe 1,433 3,556 Oil Country Goods 46,862 95,674 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,057 13,241 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 53 524 Line Pipe - Not Specified 80 372 Mechanical Tubing 13,489 23,503 Pressure Tubing 2,563 8,423 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 406 1,698 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,932 6,485 Pipe For Piling 120 115 Wire Drawn 9,737 13,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,587 11,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,803 19,289 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,796 14,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,535 6,114 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,293 9,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 67 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,611 7,430 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2005 May 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,484 441,586 437,509 446,593 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,437 4,091 3,807 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 79,817 58,387 113,922 70,412 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,430 7,038 14,976 8,581 Plates Cut Lengths 29,412 42,726 31,385 39,144 Plates In Coils 9,927 6,749 8,398 5,935 Rails Standard 5,420 3,758 5,685 4,003 Bars - Hot Rolled 65,194 54,529 69,324 58,182 Bars - Light Shaped 1,078 678 2,228 1,275 Bars - Cold Finished 20,802 24,527 12,406 15,100 Tool Steel 14,871 36,259 16,990 39,337 Standard Pipe 1,569 3,186 1,187 2,521 Oil Country Goods 32,452 47,433 39,567 64,370 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,064 35,038 25,597 30,590 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93 108 46 46 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,541 15,956 12,259 21,381 Pressure Tubing 2,682 7,619 3,994 8,554 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 258 1,033 249 1,127 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,037 4,250 2,236 3,655 Pipe For Piling 208 207 78 81 Wire Drawn 9,605 13,806 8,337 11,971 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,855 17,552 13,736 11,214 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,517 18,281 16,005 13,267 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,709 16,282 20,834 14,551 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,667 6,303 4,721 4,561 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,960 10,053 6,275 6,125 Strip - Hot Rolled 578 320 393 233 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,963 7,073 2,593 6,570 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 June 2006 (CB-06-113)