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 November 2006 October 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 402,743 513,083 359,781 431,539 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 68,002 54,143 Bars - Light Shaped 1,179 752 1,244 870 Bars - Cold Finished 12,751 25,182 8,475 13,799 Tool Steel 14,031 39,137 10,908 30,188 Standard Pipe 1,774 5,233 1,402 2,603 Oil Country Goods 43,766 88,070 38,871 72,838 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 31,458 39,936 24,968 35,388 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 113 944 281 405 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 10 839 529 Mechanical Tubing 11,878 21,676 10,956 20,323 Pressure Tubing 3,023 10,369 1,694 6,281 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 222 1,167 455 3,052 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,411 6,399 2,887 5,689 Pipe For Piling 444 244 28 29 Wire Drawn 7,767 11,629 7,867 11,762 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,907 14,536 17,712 14,255 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,371 16,937 29,734 24,241 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,858 19,770 24,976 19,864 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,476 3,021 7,114 6,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,633 15,496 9,117 15,527 Strip - Hot Rolled 741 718 883 825 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,809 9,613 3,861 9,039 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,178 430,032 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,045 1,232 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,459 27,877 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,063 9,062 Plates Cut Lengths 29,388 35,807 Plates In Coils 12,793 8,881 Rails Standard 759 602 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,753 50,373 Bars - Light Shaped 1,244 870 Bars - Cold Finished 8,485 13,828 Tool Steel 10,925 30,233 Standard Pipe 1,425 2,698 Oil Country Goods 39,291 73,875 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,971 35,396 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 281 405 Line Pipe - Not Specified 839 529 Mechanical Tubing 10,981 20,361 Pressure Tubing 1,694 6,281 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 490 3,149 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,963 5,756 Pipe For Piling 28 29 Wire Drawn 7,867 11,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,712 14,255 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,734 24,241 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,015 20,707 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,114 6,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,117 15,527 Strip - Hot Rolled 883 825 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,861 9,039 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2005 October 2005 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 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2006 (CB-06-188)