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 December 2006 November 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 350,785 463,420 402,743 513,083 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 4,571 3,874 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 40,572 40,636 52,075 50,261 Bars - Light Shaped 624 417 1,179 752 Bars - Cold Finished 12,898 18,604 12,751 25,182 Tool Steel 11,439 33,473 14,031 39,137 Standard Pipe 1,768 4,020 1,774 5,233 Oil Country Goods 61,669 99,999 43,766 88,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,686 50,883 31,458 39,936 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,331 4,691 113 944 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 2 10 Mechanical Tubing 10,644 21,811 11,878 21,676 Pressure Tubing 1,376 6,307 3,023 10,369 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 222 1,139 222 1,167 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,193 4,381 2,411 6,399 Pipe For Piling 550 442 444 244 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 17,371 16,937 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 23,954 7,633 15,496 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 244 741 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,003 8,076 3,809 9,613 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,433 528,848 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,637 3,065 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,895 61,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,170 7,396 Plates Cut Lengths 35,272 52,268 Plates In Coils 9,311 6,235 Rails Standard 1,769 1,371 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,075 50,261 Bars - Light Shaped 1,179 752 Bars - Cold Finished 12,751 25,182 Tool Steel 14,031 39,137 Standard Pipe 1,774 5,233 Oil Country Goods 44,818 90,393 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,105 50,102 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 113 944 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 10 Mechanical Tubing 11,898 21,815 Pressure Tubing 3,023 10,369 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 222 1,167 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,245 8,055 Pipe For Piling 62 65 Wire Drawn 7,767 11,629 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,907 14,536 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,837 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,858 19,770 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,476 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,652 15,070 Strip - Hot Rolled 741 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,843 9,638 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2005 November 2005 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 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 December 2006 (CB-07-14)