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 September 2006 August 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,711 425,955 355,435 425,472 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 745 1,125 1,096 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 49,189 32,031 65,000 40,293 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,126 3,146 5,739 4,428 Plates Cut Lengths 31,915 49,909 29,665 40,279 Plates In Coils 13,697 9,199 9,772 6,440 Rails Standard 1,288 798 1,877 1,560 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,297 39,406 47,520 42,663 Bars - Light Shaped 1,307 849 1,076 766 Bars - Cold Finished 8,735 15,267 6,876 13,883 Tool Steel 10,342 24,639 12,481 31,495 Standard Pipe 744 1,800 1,542 3,640 Oil Country Goods 46,112 99,118 38,303 74,467 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,200 34,605 37,939 46,283 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 142 274 874 906 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 13 14 23 Mechanical Tubing 8,136 17,475 12,722 24,752 Pressure Tubing 1,826 5,219 2,357 7,393 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 457 1,995 304 1,419 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,952 3,769 2,782 4,708 Pipe For Piling 317 318 142 143 Wire Drawn 6,853 10,102 9,024 12,852 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,752 13,198 12,235 11,506 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,455 20,678 18,260 16,383 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,615 18,959 26,568 20,500 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,841 6,305 3,227 3,058 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,745 11,778 4,720 7,867 Strip - Hot Rolled 506 375 353 257 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,654 3,985 2,938 6,412 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,375 442,857 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,176 3,622 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 65,000 40,293 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,739 4,428 Plates Cut Lengths 30,113 40,651 Plates In Coils 9,772 6,440 Rails Standard 1,877 1,560 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,626 42,797 Bars - Light Shaped 1,076 766 Bars - Cold Finished 7,702 13,883 Tool Steel 12,952 32,481 Standard Pipe 1,547 3,645 Oil Country Goods 42,738 83,909 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,939 46,283 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 966 1,023 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 23 Mechanical Tubing 13,782 26,010 Pressure Tubing 2,700 7,840 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 306 1,422 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,872 5,025 Pipe For Piling 142 143 Wire Drawn 9,048 12,932 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,757 12,199 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,429 17,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,589 20,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,227 3,058 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,912 8,027 Strip - Hot Rolled 436 354 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,939 6,428 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2005 August 2005 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 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 September 2006 (CB-06-158)