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 October 2006 September 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 359,781 431,539 340,711 425,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,045 1,232 507 745 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,459 27,877 49,189 32,031 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,063 9,062 4,126 3,146 Plates Cut Lengths 29,388 35,807 31,915 49,909 Plates In Coils 12,793 8,881 13,697 9,199 Rails Standard 759 602 1,288 798 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,002 54,143 42,297 39,406 Bars - Light Shaped 1,244 870 1,307 849 Bars - Cold Finished 8,475 13,799 8,735 15,267 Tool Steel 10,908 30,188 10,342 24,639 Standard Pipe 1,402 2,603 744 1,800 Oil Country Goods 38,871 72,838 46,112 99,118 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,968 35,388 27,200 34,605 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 281 405 142 274 Line Pipe - Not Specified 839 529 1 13 Mechanical Tubing 10,956 20,323 8,136 17,475 Pressure Tubing 1,694 6,281 1,826 5,219 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 455 3,052 457 1,995 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,887 5,689 1,952 3,769 Pipe For Piling 28 29 317 318 Wire Drawn 7,867 11,762 6,853 10,102 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,712 14,255 17,752 13,198 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,734 24,241 25,455 20,678 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,976 19,864 24,615 18,959 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,114 6,428 7,841 6,305 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,117 15,527 5,745 11,778 Strip - Hot Rolled 883 825 506 375 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,861 9,039 1,654 3,985 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,787 449,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 745 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 49,332 32,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,140 3,156 Plates Cut Lengths 33,582 51,282 Plates In Coils 13,747 9,244 Rails Standard 2,751 1,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,093 43,075 Bars - Light Shaped 1,566 974 Bars - Cold Finished 9,355 16,069 Tool Steel 10,755 26,135 Standard Pipe 824 1,908 Oil Country Goods 50,509 105,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,200 34,605 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 146 359 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4 62 Mechanical Tubing 8,641 18,445 Pressure Tubing 1,904 5,477 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 462 2,017 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,324 6,751 Pipe For Piling 320 323 Wire Drawn 7,007 10,291 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,892 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,927 22,347 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,635 20,468 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,928 6,422 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,748 11,782 Strip - Hot Rolled 642 505 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,847 4,445 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2005 September 2005 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 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 October 2006 (CB-06-172)