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 January 2007 December 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,982 402,955 350,785 463,420 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,660 2,928 745 847 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 67,855 49,486 37,854 29,190 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,511 3,192 4,571 3,874 Plates Cut Lengths 19,660 32,138 26,824 41,152 Plates In Coils 5,498 4,012 12,870 8,667 Rails Standard 754 546 383 324 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,976 47,556 40,572 40,636 Bars - Light Shaped 344 260 624 417 Bars - Cold Finished 9,038 17,756 12,898 18,604 Tool Steel 10,517 30,012 11,439 33,473 Standard Pipe 1,449 3,529 1,768 4,020 Oil Country Goods 34,124 57,187 61,669 99,999 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,105 23,044 38,686 50,883 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet (-) (-) 2,331 4,691 Line Pipe - Not Specified 83 87 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,515 20,107 10,644 21,811 Pressure Tubing 2,258 9,293 1,376 6,307 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 288 1,245 222 1,139 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,554 6,149 2,193 4,381 Pipe For Piling 884 795 550 442 Wire Drawn 6,684 9,896 6,769 10,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 26,319 27,777 15,587 12,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,567 17,246 23,161 19,688 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,698 14,666 16,712 13,005 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,844 4,181 5,864 4,853 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,771 13,547 10,099 23,954 Strip - Hot Rolled 435 252 373 244 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,592 6,067 4,003 8,076 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,691 465,435 Ingots And Steel For Castings 745 847 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,854 29,190 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,585 3,910 Plates Cut Lengths 26,824 41,152 Plates In Coils 12,870 8,667 Rails Standard 383 324 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,646 41,337 Bars - Light Shaped 748 478 Bars - Cold Finished 12,898 18,604 Tool Steel 12,078 34,199 Standard Pipe 1,769 4,023 Oil Country Goods 61,669 99,999 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,686 50,883 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,331 4,691 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,644 21,811 Pressure Tubing 1,389 6,677 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 263 1,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,193 4,381 Pipe For Piling 550 442 Wire Drawn 6,769 10,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,587 12,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,161 19,688 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,712 13,005 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,864 4,853 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,099 23,956 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 244 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,003 8,076 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2006 December 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,865 422,495 353,185 398,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,676 1,597 1,063 1,019 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 100,175 51,653 64,063 37,170 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,039 10,068 11,051 8,038 Plates Cut Lengths 29,761 41,887 27,533 41,398 Plates In Coils 8,902 7,942 16,254 9,279 Rails Standard 663 484 1,085 699 Bars - Hot Rolled 64,096 51,740 57,877 44,856 Bars - Light Shaped 2,946 1,727 3,058 1,823 Bars - Cold Finished 5,167 8,996 5,777 10,393 Tool Steel 20,513 38,687 16,172 39,477 Standard Pipe 877 2,915 2,616 5,011 Oil Country Goods 40,659 70,745 37,426 71,358 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 25,971 28,977 21,466 22,678 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 148 163 161 272 Line Pipe - Not Specified 184 424 390 758 Mechanical Tubing 9,810 19,343 12,829 25,070 Pressure Tubing 2,420 8,707 2,066 6,121 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 369 1,521 459 1,787 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,110 4,036 1,761 2,759 Pipe For Piling 21 19 33 32 Wire Drawn 8,683 11,923 6,211 9,461 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,601 8,766 14,849 12,015 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,205 12,418 14,809 12,515 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 33,251 22,364 19,629 13,172 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,544 3,401 5,524 4,847 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,356 3,906 5,259 10,051 Strip - Hot Rolled 106 66 616 396 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,615 8,019 3,150 6,452 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 January 2007 (CB-07-28)