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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,691 465,435 413,433 528,848 Ingots And Steel For Castings 745 847 1,637 3,065 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,854 29,190 85,895 61,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,585 3,910 9,170 7,396 Plates Cut Lengths 26,824 41,152 35,272 52,268 Plates In Coils 12,870 8,667 9,311 6,235 Rails Standard 383 324 1,769 1,371 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,646 41,337 52,075 50,261 Bars - Light Shaped 748 478 1,179 752 Bars - Cold Finished 12,898 18,604 12,751 25,182 Tool Steel 12,078 34,199 14,031 39,137 Standard Pipe 1,769 4,023 1,774 5,233 Oil Country Goods 61,669 99,999 44,818 90,393 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,686 50,883 39,105 50,102 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,331 4,691 113 944 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 2 10 Mechanical Tubing 10,644 21,811 11,898 21,815 Pressure Tubing 1,389 6,677 3,023 10,369 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 263 1,255 222 1,167 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,193 4,381 4,245 8,055 Pipe For Piling 550 442 62 65 Wire Drawn 6,769 10,439 7,767 11,629 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,587 12,305 17,907 14,536 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,161 19,688 17,837 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,712 13,005 25,858 19,770 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,864 4,853 3,476 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,099 23,956 7,652 15,070 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 244 741 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,003 8,076 3,843 9,638 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2005 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 353,185 398,906 316,037 381,000 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,063 1,019 3,982 3,513 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 64,063 37,170 19,553 13,158 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,051 8,038 15,340 7,718 Plates Cut Lengths 27,533 41,398 28,094 39,156 Plates In Coils 16,254 9,279 8,984 5,513 Rails Standard 1,085 699 3,536 2,435 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,877 44,856 54,594 45,130 Bars - Light Shaped 3,058 1,823 2,406 1,419 Bars - Cold Finished 5,777 10,393 7,439 12,841 Tool Steel 16,172 39,477 16,273 45,304 Standard Pipe 2,616 5,011 906 2,889 Oil Country Goods 37,426 71,358 41,016 70,949 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,466 22,678 17,963 18,560 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 161 272 94 171 Line Pipe - Not Specified 390 758 152 344 Mechanical Tubing 12,829 25,070 11,613 21,108 Pressure Tubing 2,066 6,121 2,941 7,742 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 459 1,787 681 2,569 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,761 2,759 1,991 3,226 Pipe For Piling 33 32 48 47 Wire Drawn 6,211 9,461 7,919 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,849 12,015 24,816 19,617 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,809 12,515 14,499 12,114 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,629 13,172 19,903 13,712 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,524 4,847 2,053 2,415 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,259 10,051 5,825 11,195 Strip - Hot Rolled 616 396 555 368 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,150 6,452 2,863 6,634 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2006 Final 2005 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,336,006 5,207,879 4,295,770 4,541,753 Ingots And Steel For Castings 22,844 25,394 32,027 28,524 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 494,602 328,068 800,206 510,933 Structural Shapes Heavy 115,920 77,589 130,494 79,971 Plates Cut Lengths 368,882 512,937 352,128 467,601 Plates In Coils 139,656 96,291 138,302 93,790 Rails Standard 19,344 13,863 31,794 21,320 Bars - Hot Rolled 751,192 640,445 774,089 619,206 Bars - Light Shaped 22,757 14,072 23,426 14,068 Bars - Cold Finished 119,795 190,098 138,558 174,932 Tool Steel 159,518 404,971 191,679 466,244 Standard Pipe 15,321 38,373 16,442 36,655 Oil Country Goods 534,700 1,001,084 390,239 617,522 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 308,334 373,312 180,381 210,216 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 11,878 27,151 1,701 2,246 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,881 3,898 1,342 3,037 Mechanical Tubing 131,772 248,489 134,296 226,162 Pressure Tubing 29,139 100,224 31,830 77,225 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,744 21,243 4,037 16,637 Structural Pipe & Tube 38,712 63,725 19,711 35,613 Pipe For Piling 1,604 1,498 2,567 2,411 Wire Drawn 98,379 140,489 97,894 137,395 Sheets Hot Rolled 199,283 154,694 202,108 152,137 Sheets Cold Rolled 269,224 227,579 183,430 152,304 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 285,780 211,499 247,432 166,877 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 68,557 59,031 53,135 47,518 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 80,622 140,742 74,916 100,436 Strip - Hot Rolled 6,469 5,305 8,215 4,627 Strip - Cold Rolled 35,097 85,814 33,394 76,146 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final December 2006. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.