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 July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,626 472,966 324,632 385,152 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,272 1,588 2,177 1,834 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 41,614 26,419 14,455 12,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,895 4,786 3,177 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 31,352 42,487 31,900 42,516 Plates In Coils 15,380 10,003 17,817 12,264 Rails Standard 3,030 2,138 1,648 910 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,625 60,217 71,818 54,624 Bars - Light Shaped 953 625 1,777 1,154 Bars - Cold Finished 9,764 15,733 9,934 15,219 Tool Steel 13,638 34,286 13,993 38,509 Standard Pipe 1,766 4,069 1,081 2,254 Oil Country Goods 43,181 89,291 41,555 71,769 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,642 47,424 753 930 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,425 11,503 2,222 6,936 Line Pipe - Not Specified 176 1,022 243 326 Mechanical Tubing 11,079 20,417 8,471 15,978 Pressure Tubing 1,802 5,237 3,287 10,757 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 418 2,084 603 2,477 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,584 3,476 1,862 4,131 Pipe For Piling 104 104 79 88 Wire Drawn 9,794 13,202 8,988 12,792 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,865 12,796 30,404 20,604 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,389 24,526 24,755 20,827 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,899 13,794 18,663 13,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,181 4,680 2,566 2,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,497 13,278 7,429 10,567 Strip - Hot Rolled 478 419 658 727 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,824 7,362 2,317 5,847 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data July June Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 329,233 365,462 413,484 441,586 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,036 3,274 2,774 2,437 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,671 33,176 79,817 58,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,427 5,132 10,430 7,038 Plates Cut Lengths 36,072 43,478 29,412 42,726 Plates In Coils 11,689 8,228 9,927 6,749 Rails Standard 1,000 746 5,420 3,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,109 61,557 65,194 54,529 Bars - Light Shaped 1,631 1,019 1,078 678 Bars - Cold Finished 8,759 11,752 20,802 24,527 Tool Steel 16,183 42,634 14,871 36,259 Standard Pipe 2,136 4,808 1,569 3,186 Oil Country Goods 27,984 43,040 32,452 47,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,465 15,731 27,064 35,038 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 530 567 93 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,651 20,019 9,541 15,956 Pressure Tubing 3,246 9,700 2,682 7,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 250 983 258 1,033 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,060 2,458 2,037 4,250 Pipe For Piling 9 9 208 207 Wire Drawn 8,080 11,472 9,605 13,806 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,432 9,982 22,855 17,552 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,619 8,410 22,517 18,281 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,614 8,029 24,709 16,282 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,272 1,896 7,667 6,303 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,615 10,130 6,960 10,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 877 438 578 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,504 2,963 7,073 -------------------------------------------------------------- July Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,488,541 2,890,713 2,664,409 2,716,720 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16,734 15,883 19,021 16,974 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 225,063 136,939 583,408 375,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 80,223 49,637 71,520 46,913 Plates Cut Lengths 213,703 291,777 210,127 270,797 Plates In Coils 81,164 56,824 70,706 53,019 Rails Standard 11,804 8,085 24,746 16,334 Bars - Hot Rolled 501,999 412,601 478,333 390,569 Bars - Light Shaped 16,945 10,230 10,455 6,325 Bars - Cold Finished 68,604 102,532 92,108 109,554 Tool Steel 98,776 242,785 111,764 257,520 Standard Pipe 7,982 20,867 8,860 18,719 Oil Country Goods 295,676 547,149 222,845 330,495 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 140,434 156,043 103,503 129,188 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,041 19,730 827 891 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,022 3,274 78 291 Mechanical Tubing 75,827 140,047 75,470 120,709 Pressure Tubing 18,428 63,581 21,298 48,669 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,002 12,233 1,896 7,905 Structural Pipe & Tube 21,115 33,757 12,078 21,695 Pipe For Piling 503 495 1,186 1,106 Wire Drawn 59,920 83,433 61,090 85,100 Sheets Hot Rolled 117,429 88,096 117,153 86,561 Sheets Cold Rolled 154,137 125,207 114,906 93,143 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 163,971 117,033 148,120 99,027 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 40,949 35,249 29,128 26,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 43,094 66,380 49,276 57,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,393 2,658 5,083 2,710 Strip - Cold Rolled 18,603 48,187 19,425 42,946 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final July 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.