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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,178 430,032 361,787 449,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,045 1,232 507 745 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,459 27,877 49,332 32,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,063 9,062 4,140 3,156 Plates Cut Lengths 29,388 35,807 33,582 51,282 Plates In Coils 12,793 8,881 13,747 9,244 Rails Standard 759 602 2,751 1,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,753 50,373 47,093 43,075 Bars - Light Shaped 1,244 870 1,566 974 Bars - Cold Finished 8,485 13,828 9,355 16,069 Tool Steel 10,925 30,233 10,755 26,135 Standard Pipe 1,425 2,698 824 1,908 Oil Country Goods 39,291 73,875 50,509 105,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,971 35,396 27,200 34,605 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 281 405 146 359 Line Pipe - Not Specified 839 529 4 62 Mechanical Tubing 10,981 20,361 8,641 18,445 Pressure Tubing 1,694 6,281 1,904 5,477 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 490 3,149 462 2,017 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,963 5,756 5,324 6,751 Pipe For Piling 28 29 320 323 Wire Drawn 7,867 11,765 7,007 10,291 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,712 14,255 17,892 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,734 24,241 25,927 22,347 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,015 20,707 26,635 20,468 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,114 6,428 7,928 6,422 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,117 15,527 5,748 11,782 Strip - Hot Rolled 883 825 642 505 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,861 9,039 1,847 4,445 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 326,734 361,995 321,665 327,849 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,566 3,192 1,942 1,781 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,353 31,419 55,317 29,965 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,246 6,279 6,727 4,054 Plates Cut Lengths 33,544 48,109 28,031 34,717 Plates In Coils 14,920 8,876 21,009 12,734 Rails Standard 1,453 1,222 533 269 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,613 47,217 58,763 43,393 Bars - Light Shaped 2,200 1,320 2,289 1,386 Bars - Cold Finished 13,953 16,865 12,012 14,490 Tool Steel 16,226 44,723 14,156 34,922 Standard Pipe 976 2,608 1,260 3,930 Oil Country Goods 29,971 46,758 21,716 38,350 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,687 13,006 12,730 13,696 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 86 179 137 267 Line Pipe - Not Specified 248 547 136 392 Mechanical Tubing 11,666 19,209 11,838 21,671 Pressure Tubing 1,135 3,029 1,624 4,224 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 338 1,427 343 1,450 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,610 3,108 805 1,684 Pipe For Piling 623 582 359 335 Wire Drawn 7,424 10,252 6,655 9,165 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,904 11,243 16,200 11,554 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,545 10,105 10,147 9,326 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,437 12,858 21,693 14,605 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,058 4,324 7,174 5,776 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,916 5,636 5,240 7,381 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,076 538 533 441 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,960 7,367 2,296 5,889 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,570,882 4,213,596 3,626,548 3,761,847 Ingots And Steel For Castings 20,462 21,482 26,983 23,991 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 370,853 237,230 716,590 460,604 Structural Shapes Heavy 102,165 66,283 104,103 64,215 Plates Cut Lengths 306,786 419,517 296,501 387,047 Plates In Coils 117,476 81,389 113,063 78,997 Rails Standard 17,192 12,169 27,174 18,186 Bars - Hot Rolled 658,471 548,847 661,618 529,220 Bars - Light Shaped 20,830 12,841 17,961 10,826 Bars - Cold Finished 94,146 146,312 125,342 151,698 Tool Steel 133,409 331,634 159,234 381,463 Standard Pipe 11,778 29,118 12,920 28,755 Oil Country Goods 428,213 810,691 311,796 475,214 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 230,544 272,328 140,952 168,979 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,434 21,517 1,447 1,803 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,878 3,888 800 1,936 Mechanical Tubing 109,231 204,863 109,854 179,983 Pressure Tubing 24,726 83,178 26,824 63,363 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,259 18,822 2,896 12,281 Structural Pipe & Tube 32,274 51,289 15,959 29,628 Pipe For Piling 992 991 2,486 2,333 Wire Drawn 83,843 118,421 83,764 116,781 Sheets Hot Rolled 165,790 127,853 162,443 120,506 Sheets Cold Rolled 228,227 188,895 154,123 127,676 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 243,210 178,725 207,901 139,993 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 59,217 51,157 45,558 40,256 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 62,871 101,716 63,833 79,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 5,355 4,342 7,044 3,863 Strip - Cold Rolled 27,251 68,100 27,380 63,061 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.