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 November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,433 528,848 355,178 430,032 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,637 3,065 1,045 1,232 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,895 61,648 31,459 27,877 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,170 7,396 12,063 9,062 Plates Cut Lengths 35,272 52,268 29,388 35,807 Plates In Coils 9,311 6,235 12,793 8,881 Rails Standard 1,769 1,371 759 602 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,075 50,261 61,753 50,373 Bars - Light Shaped 1,179 752 1,244 870 Bars - Cold Finished 12,751 25,182 8,485 13,828 Tool Steel 14,031 39,137 10,925 30,233 Standard Pipe 1,774 5,233 1,425 2,698 Oil Country Goods 44,818 90,393 39,291 73,875 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,105 50,102 24,971 35,396 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 113 944 281 405 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 10 839 529 Mechanical Tubing 11,898 21,815 10,981 20,361 Pressure Tubing 3,023 10,369 1,694 6,281 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 222 1,167 490 3,149 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,245 8,055 2,963 5,756 Pipe For Piling 62 65 28 29 Wire Drawn 7,767 11,629 7,867 11,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,907 14,536 17,712 14,255 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,837 18,996 29,734 24,241 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,858 19,770 26,015 20,707 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,476 3,021 7,114 6,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,652 15,070 9,117 15,527 Strip - Hot Rolled 741 718 883 825 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,843 9,638 3,861 9,039 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data November October Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 316,037 381,000 326,734 361,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,982 3,513 3,566 3,192 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,553 13,158 48,353 31,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 15,340 7,718 11,246 6,279 Plates Cut Lengths 28,094 39,156 33,544 48,109 Plates In Coils 8,984 5,513 14,920 8,876 Rails Standard 3,536 2,435 1,453 1,222 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,594 45,130 56,613 47,217 Bars - Light Shaped 2,406 1,419 2,200 1,320 Bars - Cold Finished 7,439 12,841 13,953 16,865 Tool Steel 16,273 45,304 16,226 44,723 Standard Pipe 906 2,889 976 2,608 Oil Country Goods 41,016 70,949 29,971 46,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,963 18,560 12,687 13,006 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 94 171 86 179 Line Pipe - Not Specified 152 344 248 547 Mechanical Tubing 11,613 21,108 11,666 19,209 Pressure Tubing 2,941 7,742 1,135 3,029 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 681 2,569 338 1,427 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,991 3,226 1,610 3,108 Pipe For Piling 48 47 623 582 Wire Drawn 7,919 11,153 7,424 10,252 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,816 19,617 14,904 11,243 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,499 12,114 11,545 10,105 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,903 13,712 18,437 12,858 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,053 2,415 5,058 4,324 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,825 11,195 3,916 5,636 Strip - Hot Rolled 555 368 1,076 538 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,863 6,634 2,960 7,367 -------------------------------------------------------------- November Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,984,315 4,742,444 3,942,585 4,142,847 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,099 24,547 30,964 27,505 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 456,748 298,878 736,143 473,763 Structural Shapes Heavy 111,335 73,679 119,443 71,933 Plates Cut Lengths 342,058 471,785 324,595 426,203 Plates In Coils 126,786 87,624 122,047 84,511 Rails Standard 18,960 13,539 30,709 20,621 Bars - Hot Rolled 710,546 599,108 716,212 574,350 Bars - Light Shaped 22,009 13,594 20,368 12,245 Bars - Cold Finished 106,897 171,495 132,781 164,539 Tool Steel 147,440 370,772 175,507 426,767 Standard Pipe 13,553 34,350 13,825 31,644 Oil Country Goods 473,032 901,085 352,812 546,163 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 269,648 322,429 158,915 187,539 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,547 22,460 1,541 1,974 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,881 3,898 952 2,280 Mechanical Tubing 121,129 226,678 121,467 201,092 Pressure Tubing 27,750 93,547 29,764 71,105 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,481 19,988 3,578 14,850 Structural Pipe & Tube 36,520 59,344 17,950 32,854 Pipe For Piling 1,054 1,056 2,534 2,379 Wire Drawn 91,610 130,050 91,683 127,934 Sheets Hot Rolled 183,696 142,389 187,259 140,122 Sheets Cold Rolled 246,064 207,891 168,621 139,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 269,068 198,494 227,804 153,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 62,693 54,178 47,611 42,671 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 70,523 116,786 69,657 90,385 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,095 5,060 7,599 4,231 Strip - Cold Rolled 31,094 77,738 30,244 69,695 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.