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 August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,375 442,857 384,626 472,966 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,176 3,622 1,272 1,588 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 65,000 40,293 41,614 26,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,739 4,428 6,895 4,786 Plates Cut Lengths 30,113 40,651 31,352 42,487 Plates In Coils 9,772 6,440 15,380 10,003 Rails Standard 1,877 1,560 3,030 2,138 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,626 42,797 69,625 60,217 Bars - Light Shaped 1,076 766 953 625 Bars - Cold Finished 7,702 13,883 9,764 15,733 Tool Steel 12,952 32,481 13,638 34,286 Standard Pipe 1,547 3,645 1,766 4,069 Oil Country Goods 42,738 83,909 43,181 89,291 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,939 46,283 38,642 47,424 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 966 1,023 5,425 11,503 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 23 176 1,022 Mechanical Tubing 13,782 26,010 11,079 20,417 Pressure Tubing 2,700 7,840 1,802 5,237 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 306 1,422 418 2,084 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,872 5,025 1,584 3,476 Pipe For Piling 142 143 104 104 Wire Drawn 9,048 12,932 9,794 13,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,757 12,199 15,865 12,796 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,429 17,099 26,389 24,526 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,589 20,516 18,899 13,794 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,227 3,058 5,181 4,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,912 8,027 7,497 13,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 436 354 478 419 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,939 6,428 2,824 7,362 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 313,739 355,282 329,233 365,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,453 2,044 4,036 3,274 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 29,513 23,572 50,671 33,176 Structural Shapes Heavy 14,610 6,970 8,427 5,132 Plates Cut Lengths 24,799 33,424 36,072 43,478 Plates In Coils 6,428 4,369 11,689 8,228 Rails Standard 441 361 1,000 746 Bars - Hot Rolled 67,909 48,042 74,109 61,557 Bars - Light Shaped 3,017 1,794 1,631 1,019 Bars - Cold Finished 7,268 10,789 8,759 11,752 Tool Steel 17,087 44,298 16,183 42,634 Standard Pipe 1,825 3,499 2,136 4,808 Oil Country Goods 37,265 59,611 27,984 43,040 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,032 13,089 13,465 15,731 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 398 466 530 567 Line Pipe - Not Specified 338 705 78 291 Mechanical Tubing 10,880 18,396 11,651 20,019 Pressure Tubing 2,767 7,441 3,246 9,700 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 319 1,499 250 983 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,466 3,141 1,060 2,458 Pipe For Piling 319 310 9 9 Wire Drawn 8,595 12,264 8,080 11,472 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,187 11,147 14,432 9,982 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,525 15,102 9,619 8,410 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,650 13,503 11,614 8,029 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,198 3,729 2,272 1,896 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,401 8,688 6,615 10,130 Strip - Hot Rolled 351 174 877 438 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,700 6,858 2,737 6,504 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,853,916 3,333,570 2,978,148 3,072,002 Ingots And Steel For Castings 18,909 19,505 21,474 19,018 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 290,063 177,231 612,921 399,220 Structural Shapes Heavy 85,962 54,065 86,129 53,883 Plates Cut Lengths 243,817 332,428 234,926 304,221 Plates In Coils 90,936 63,264 77,134 57,388 Rails Standard 13,681 9,644 25,187 16,695 Bars - Hot Rolled 549,625 455,398 546,242 438,610 Bars - Light Shaped 18,021 10,996 13,473 8,119 Bars - Cold Finished 76,306 116,415 99,377 120,343 Tool Steel 111,729 275,266 128,851 301,818 Standard Pipe 9,529 24,512 10,684 22,217 Oil Country Goods 338,414 631,058 260,110 390,106 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 178,372 202,326 115,535 142,277 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,007 20,753 1,224 1,357 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,035 3,298 416 996 Mechanical Tubing 89,609 166,056 86,350 139,104 Pressure Tubing 21,128 71,420 24,065 56,111 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,308 13,655 2,215 9,404 Structural Pipe & Tube 23,987 38,782 13,544 24,836 Pipe For Piling 644 638 1,505 1,416 Wire Drawn 68,968 96,365 69,685 97,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 130,185 100,295 131,339 97,709 Sheets Cold Rolled 172,566 142,306 132,431 108,245 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 190,560 137,549 167,770 112,529 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 44,176 38,308 33,326 30,157 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 48,006 74,407 54,676 66,172 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,829 3,012 5,434 2,884 Strip - Cold Rolled 21,542 54,616 22,125 49,805 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.