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 April 2007 March 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 380,712 494,353 354,437 476,948 Ingots And Steel For Castings 757 1,714 650 1,218 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 63,085 44,849 26,378 23,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,306 3,632 5,698 4,942 Plates Cut Lengths 27,230 41,534 35,412 51,398 Plates In Coils 6,121 4,172 4,940 3,249 Rails Standard 2,078 1,965 4,775 3,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,270 54,076 59,766 56,740 Bars - Light Shaped 499 390 273 192 Bars - Cold Finished 11,586 16,750 6,237 14,109 Tool Steel 13,861 33,906 12,996 34,289 Standard Pipe 1,300 3,190 1,594 3,982 Oil Country Goods 38,359 80,226 50,771 86,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 57,637 78,401 44,820 59,780 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 151 376 49 102 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3 3 17 105 Mechanical Tubing 11,060 21,833 13,067 25,240 Pressure Tubing 2,376 12,619 3,086 12,101 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 366 2,277 436 1,767 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,505 5,367 4,578 6,418 Pipe For Piling 57 48 59 283 Wire Drawn 8,000 11,761 7,391 11,140 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,795 16,982 13,184 10,187 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,920 15,159 24,134 21,389 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,540 14,402 14,549 11,912 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,551 4,341 7,277 8,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,845 15,207 8,290 16,536 Strip - Hot Rolled 632 359 689 430 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,821 8,814 3,322 7,066 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,085 485,658 Ingots And Steel For Castings 650 1,218 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,378 23,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,707 4,952 Plates Cut Lengths 35,928 52,227 Plates In Coils 5,511 3,760 Rails Standard 4,775 3,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,785 56,811 Bars - Light Shaped 276 228 Bars - Cold Finished 6,281 14,216 Tool Steel 13,032 34,577 Standard Pipe 1,637 4,057 Oil Country Goods 51,861 88,375 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 44,825 59,792 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 102 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 105 Mechanical Tubing 13,093 25,289 Pressure Tubing 3,103 12,128 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 442 1,785 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,611 6,743 Pipe For Piling 33 28 Wire Drawn 7,396 11,151 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,065 13,671 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,127 21,505 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,561 11,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,277 8,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,648 17,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 689 430 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,327 7,225 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2006 March 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,973 426,194 342,311 409,275 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,554 2,288 2,854 2,715 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,490 3,755 12,325 8,154 Structural Shapes Heavy 16,448 10,317 5,512 3,730 Plates Cut Lengths 25,795 35,207 42,959 56,651 Plates In Coils 12,616 8,851 4,461 3,260 Rails Standard 4,009 2,689 1,054 742 Bars - Hot Rolled 73,895 58,817 74,983 60,702 Bars - Light Shaped 2,948 1,822 2,656 1,618 Bars - Cold Finished 18,024 21,771 7,296 11,706 Tool Steel 12,576 32,253 13,509 34,126 Standard Pipe 840 2,903 860 2,051 Oil Country Goods 59,188 98,480 38,797 70,584 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,851 22,628 35,524 36,285 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 142 336 30 216 Line Pipe - Not Specified 109 440 105 368 Mechanical Tubing 11,604 22,184 10,566 19,471 Pressure Tubing 4,121 14,425 2,440 9,270 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 421 1,665 504 1,529 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,954 4,483 6,067 8,547 Pipe For Piling 137 128 17 16 Wire Drawn 8,029 10,784 8,456 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 20,883 16,540 11,265 8,396 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,197 20,120 16,467 13,323 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,391 16,791 25,414 18,292 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,811 4,206 9,203 7,383 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,014 6,108 5,519 10,426 Strip - Hot Rolled 872 421 691 398 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,052 5,782 2,780 7,368 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 April 2007 (CB-07-72)