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 February 2007 January 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,413 394,294 321,982 402,955 Ingots And Steel For Castings 739 1,007 1,660 2,928 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,491 35,476 67,855 49,486 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,279 6,680 4,511 3,192 Plates Cut Lengths 19,993 33,345 19,660 32,138 Plates In Coils 11,386 7,041 5,498 4,012 Rails Standard 112 106 754 546 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,653 41,132 49,976 47,556 Bars - Light Shaped 541 364 344 260 Bars - Cold Finished 8,565 16,501 9,038 17,756 Tool Steel 9,698 27,740 10,517 30,012 Standard Pipe 1,223 3,685 1,449 3,529 Oil Country Goods 43,396 80,389 34,124 57,187 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,641 33,251 15,105 23,044 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 363 435 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 75 93 83 87 Mechanical Tubing 9,208 16,785 11,515 20,107 Pressure Tubing 1,622 5,572 2,258 9,293 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 157 860 288 1,245 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,532 3,101 3,554 6,149 Pipe For Piling 54 51 884 795 Wire Drawn 5,935 8,914 6,684 9,896 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,529 11,452 26,319 27,777 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,913 20,061 17,567 17,246 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,371 10,774 18,698 14,666 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,943 8,008 3,844 4,181 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,891 15,768 6,771 13,547 Strip - Hot Rolled 199 117 435 252 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,902 5,586 2,592 6,067 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 354,018 444,346 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,661 2,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 68,065 50,460 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,841 3,421 Plates Cut Lengths 20,209 32,874 Plates In Coils 5,866 4,247 Rails Standard 1,155 780 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,120 53,253 Bars - Light Shaped 382 286 Bars - Cold Finished 9,405 18,712 Tool Steel 11,086 32,483 Standard Pipe 1,539 3,853 Oil Country Goods 47,016 76,937 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,714 27,120 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 100 109 Mechanical Tubing 13,547 25,083 Pressure Tubing 2,290 10,175 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 351 1,336 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,675 6,348 Pipe For Piling 884 795 Wire Drawn 7,082 10,582 Sheets Hot Rolled 25,550 21,786 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,848 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,275 16,671 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,959 4,317 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,146 13,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 449 261 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,801 6,536 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2006 January 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 305,241 345,556 413,865 422,495 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,515 2,244 1,676 1,597 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,913 11,737 100,175 51,653 Structural Shapes Heavy 17,369 9,818 17,039 10,068 Plates Cut Lengths 28,121 38,776 29,761 41,887 Plates In Coils 11,974 7,630 8,902 7,942 Rails Standard 1,086 882 663 484 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,506 55,453 64,096 51,740 Bars - Light Shaped 3,242 1,845 2,946 1,727 Bars - Cold Finished 10,997 16,526 5,167 8,996 Tool Steel 11,754 32,382 20,513 38,687 Standard Pipe 1,126 3,118 877 2,915 Oil Country Goods 25,434 50,606 40,659 70,745 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,635 6,558 25,971 28,977 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 52 148 163 Line Pipe - Not Specified 125 322 184 424 Mechanical Tubing 10,809 19,151 9,810 19,343 Pressure Tubing 1,795 6,761 2,420 8,707 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 282 1,259 369 1,521 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,607 2,599 3,110 4,036 Pipe For Piling 24 25 21 19 Wire Drawn 6,233 9,222 8,683 11,923 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,825 9,705 11,601 8,766 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,321 14,705 16,205 12,418 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 23,557 17,539 33,251 22,364 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,108 6,893 3,544 3,401 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,986 12,806 2,356 3,906 Strip - Hot Rolled 470 562 106 66 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,406 6,381 3,615 8,019 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 February 2007 (CB-07-43)