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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,787 449,995 365,375 442,857 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 745 2,176 3,622 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 49,332 32,122 65,000 40,293 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,140 3,156 5,739 4,428 Plates Cut Lengths 33,582 51,282 30,113 40,651 Plates In Coils 13,747 9,244 9,772 6,440 Rails Standard 2,751 1,922 1,877 1,560 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,093 43,075 47,626 42,797 Bars - Light Shaped 1,566 974 1,076 766 Bars - Cold Finished 9,355 16,069 7,702 13,883 Tool Steel 10,755 26,135 12,952 32,481 Standard Pipe 824 1,908 1,547 3,645 Oil Country Goods 50,509 105,758 42,738 83,909 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,200 34,605 37,939 46,283 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 146 359 966 1,023 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4 62 14 23 Mechanical Tubing 8,641 18,445 13,782 26,010 Pressure Tubing 1,904 5,477 2,700 7,840 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 462 2,017 306 1,422 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,324 6,751 2,872 5,025 Pipe For Piling 320 323 142 143 Wire Drawn 7,007 10,291 9,048 12,932 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,892 13,303 12,757 12,199 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,927 22,347 18,429 17,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,635 20,468 26,589 20,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,928 6,422 3,227 3,058 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,748 11,782 4,912 8,027 Strip - Hot Rolled 642 505 436 354 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,847 4,445 2,939 6,428 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,665 327,849 313,739 355,282 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,942 1,781 2,453 2,044 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,317 29,965 29,513 23,572 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,727 4,054 14,610 6,970 Plates Cut Lengths 28,031 34,717 24,799 33,424 Plates In Coils 21,009 12,734 6,428 4,369 Rails Standard 533 269 441 361 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,763 43,393 67,909 48,042 Bars - Light Shaped 2,289 1,386 3,017 1,794 Bars - Cold Finished 12,012 14,490 7,268 10,789 Tool Steel 14,156 34,922 17,087 44,298 Standard Pipe 1,260 3,930 1,825 3,499 Oil Country Goods 21,716 38,350 37,265 59,611 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,730 13,696 12,032 13,089 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 137 267 398 466 Line Pipe - Not Specified 136 392 338 705 Mechanical Tubing 11,838 21,671 10,880 18,396 Pressure Tubing 1,624 4,224 2,767 7,441 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 343 1,450 319 1,499 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,684 1,466 3,141 Pipe For Piling 359 335 319 310 Wire Drawn 6,655 9,165 8,595 12,264 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,200 11,554 14,187 11,147 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,147 9,326 17,525 15,102 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,693 14,605 19,650 13,503 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,174 5,776 4,198 3,729 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,240 7,381 5,401 8,688 Strip - Hot Rolled 533 441 351 174 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,296 5,889 2,700 6,858 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,215,703 3,783,565 3,299,814 3,399,852 Ingots And Steel For Castings 19,416 20,250 23,416 20,799 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 339,394 209,353 668,238 429,186 Structural Shapes Heavy 90,102 57,221 92,856 57,936 Plates Cut Lengths 277,399 383,709 262,956 338,938 Plates In Coils 104,683 72,509 98,143 70,121 Rails Standard 16,432 11,567 25,720 16,964 Bars - Hot Rolled 596,718 498,474 605,005 482,003 Bars - Light Shaped 19,587 11,971 15,762 9,506 Bars - Cold Finished 85,661 132,484 111,389 134,833 Tool Steel 122,484 301,402 143,008 336,740 Standard Pipe 10,353 26,420 11,944 26,147 Oil Country Goods 388,923 736,816 281,826 428,457 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 205,573 236,931 128,264 155,973 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,153 21,112 1,361 1,624 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,039 3,359 552 1,388 Mechanical Tubing 98,250 184,502 98,188 160,775 Pressure Tubing 23,032 76,897 25,688 60,334 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,770 15,672 2,558 10,853 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,311 45,533 14,349 26,520 Pipe For Piling 964 962 1,863 1,751 Wire Drawn 75,975 106,656 76,340 106,529 Sheets Hot Rolled 148,077 113,598 147,540 109,263 Sheets Cold Rolled 198,493 164,654 142,578 117,571 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 217,195 158,017 189,464 127,135 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 52,103 44,729 40,500 35,932 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 53,754 86,189 59,916 73,553 Strip - Hot Rolled 4,472 3,517 5,968 3,326 Strip - Cold Rolled 23,389 59,060 24,421 55,694 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.