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 August 2006 July 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,435 425,472 379,017 465,456 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,125 1,096 1,088 1,119 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 65,000 40,293 41,775 26,487 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,739 4,428 6,895 4,786 Plates Cut Lengths 29,665 40,279 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 47,520 42,663 66,322 58,574 Bars - Light Shaped 1,076 766 953 625 Bars - Cold Finished 6,876 13,883 9,734 15,689 Tool Steel 12,481 31,495 12,490 32,916 Standard Pipe 1,542 3,640 1,482 3,596 Oil Country Goods 38,303 74,467 42,758 86,318 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,939 46,283 38,642 47,424 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 874 906 5,344 11,334 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 23 176 1,022 Mechanical Tubing 12,722 24,752 10,850 20,081 Pressure Tubing 2,357 7,393 1,802 5,237 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 304 1,419 418 2,084 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,782 4,708 1,557 3,424 Pipe For Piling 142 143 104 104 Wire Drawn 9,024 12,852 9,794 13,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,235 11,506 15,865 12,796 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,260 16,383 26,334 24,487 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,568 20,500 18,899 13,794 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,227 3,058 5,181 4,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,720 7,867 7,491 13,268 Strip - Hot Rolled 353 257 478 419 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,938 6,412 2,824 7,362 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,626 472,966 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,272 1,588 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 41,614 26,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,895 4,786 Plates Cut Lengths 31,352 42,487 Plates In Coils 15,380 10,003 Rails Standard 3,030 2,138 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,625 60,217 Bars - Light Shaped 953 625 Bars - Cold Finished 9,764 15,733 Tool Steel 13,638 34,286 Standard Pipe 1,766 4,069 Oil Country Goods 43,181 89,291 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,642 47,424 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,425 11,503 Line Pipe - Not Specified 176 1,022 Mechanical Tubing 11,079 20,417 Pressure Tubing 1,802 5,237 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 418 2,084 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,584 3,476 Pipe For Piling 104 104 Wire Drawn 9,794 13,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,865 12,796 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,389 24,526 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,899 13,794 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,181 4,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,497 13,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 478 419 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,824 7,362 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2005 July 2005 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 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 August 2006 (CB-06-144)