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 March 2007 February 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 354,437 476,948 305,413 394,294 Ingots And Steel For Castings 650 1,218 739 1,007 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,378 23,042 48,491 35,476 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,698 4,942 8,279 6,680 Plates Cut Lengths 35,412 51,398 19,993 33,345 Plates In Coils 4,940 3,249 11,386 7,041 Rails Standard 4,775 3,677 112 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,766 56,740 42,653 41,132 Bars - Light Shaped 273 192 541 364 Bars - Cold Finished 6,237 14,109 8,565 16,501 Tool Steel 12,996 34,289 9,698 27,740 Standard Pipe 1,594 3,982 1,223 3,685 Oil Country Goods 50,771 86,758 43,396 80,389 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 44,820 59,780 21,641 33,251 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 102 363 435 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 105 75 93 Mechanical Tubing 13,067 25,240 9,208 16,785 Pressure Tubing 3,086 12,101 1,622 5,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 436 1,767 157 860 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,578 6,418 1,532 3,101 Pipe For Piling 59 283 54 51 Wire Drawn 7,391 11,140 5,935 8,914 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,184 10,187 14,529 11,452 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,134 21,389 21,913 20,061 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,549 11,912 13,371 10,774 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,277 8,895 7,943 8,008 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,290 16,536 8,891 15,768 Strip - Hot Rolled 689 430 199 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,322 7,066 2,902 5,586 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 307,829 399,180 Ingots And Steel For Castings 739 1,007 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,728 35,566 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,279 6,680 Plates Cut Lengths 20,048 33,555 Plates In Coils 11,386 7,041 Rails Standard 112 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,671 41,280 Bars - Light Shaped 541 364 Bars - Cold Finished 8,620 16,596 Tool Steel 10,537 28,515 Standard Pipe 1,223 3,685 Oil Country Goods 43,459 80,585 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,195 34,124 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 363 435 Line Pipe - Not Specified 75 93 Mechanical Tubing 9,209 16,789 Pressure Tubing 1,622 5,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 157 860 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,559 3,306 Pipe For Piling 54 51 Wire Drawn 5,935 8,914 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,529 11,452 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,380 21,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,371 10,774 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,943 8,008 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,940 15,947 Strip - Hot Rolled 199 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,957 5,807 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2006 February 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 342,311 409,275 305,241 345,556 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,854 2,715 2,515 2,244 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,325 8,154 18,913 11,737 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,512 3,730 17,369 9,818 Plates Cut Lengths 42,959 56,651 28,121 38,776 Plates In Coils 4,461 3,260 11,974 7,630 Rails Standard 1,054 742 1,086 882 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,983 60,702 68,506 55,453 Bars - Light Shaped 2,656 1,618 3,242 1,845 Bars - Cold Finished 7,296 11,706 10,997 16,526 Tool Steel 13,509 34,126 11,754 32,382 Standard Pipe 860 2,051 1,126 3,118 Oil Country Goods 38,797 70,584 25,434 50,606 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,524 36,285 4,635 6,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 216 21 52 Line Pipe - Not Specified 105 368 125 322 Mechanical Tubing 10,566 19,471 10,809 19,151 Pressure Tubing 2,440 9,270 1,795 6,761 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 504 1,529 282 1,259 Structural Pipe & Tube 6,067 8,547 1,607 2,599 Pipe For Piling 17 16 24 25 Wire Drawn 8,456 11,947 6,233 9,222 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,265 8,396 12,825 9,705 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,467 13,323 20,321 14,705 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,414 18,292 23,557 17,539 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 9,203 7,383 8,108 6,893 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,519 10,426 10,986 12,806 Strip - Hot Rolled 691 398 470 562 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,780 7,368 2,406 6,381 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 March 2007 (CB-07-58)