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 May 2007 April 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 359,766 483,430 380,712 494,353 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,298 4,342 757 1,714 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,368 5,574 63,085 44,849 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,345 7,287 4,306 3,632 Plates Cut Lengths 30,413 50,721 27,230 41,534 Plates In Coils 9,917 6,535 6,121 4,172 Rails Standard 1,872 1,404 2,078 1,965 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,051 43,980 57,270 54,076 Bars - Light Shaped 368 335 499 390 Bars - Cold Finished 7,507 14,874 11,586 16,750 Tool Steel 12,194 33,181 13,861 33,906 Standard Pipe 1,357 2,935 1,300 3,190 Oil Country Goods 58,900 84,469 38,359 80,226 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 64,139 86,573 57,637 78,401 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 181 717 151 376 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 3 3 Mechanical Tubing 10,823 24,969 11,060 21,833 Pressure Tubing 3,243 12,690 2,376 12,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 465 2,586 366 2,277 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,249 5,171 2,505 5,367 Pipe For Piling 249 218 57 48 Wire Drawn 7,349 10,827 8,000 11,761 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,642 19,194 19,795 16,982 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,255 21,562 16,920 15,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,528 11,545 18,540 14,402 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,820 6,680 3,551 4,341 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,959 16,574 7,845 15,207 Strip - Hot Rolled 242 156 632 359 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,033 8,332 4,821 8,814 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 430,728 537,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 757 1,714 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,472 69,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,314 3,638 Plates Cut Lengths 27,270 41,633 Plates In Coils 6,162 4,203 Rails Standard 2,410 2,290 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,080 55,012 Bars - Light Shaped 499 390 Bars - Cold Finished 11,768 17,134 Tool Steel 14,073 34,457 Standard Pipe 1,300 3,190 Oil Country Goods 40,040 82,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,250 88,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 152 383 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3 3 Mechanical Tubing 11,092 21,914 Pressure Tubing 2,380 12,625 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 374 2,298 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,882 6,516 Pipe For Piling 57 48 Wire Drawn 8,073 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,963 17,084 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,264 16,606 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,580 14,441 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,864 4,734 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,091 15,693 Strip - Hot Rolled 632 359 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,922 9,178 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2006 April 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,894 429,076 365,973 426,194 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,686 3,618 2,554 2,288 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 33,090 22,513 4,490 3,755 Structural Shapes Heavy 13,785 8,680 16,448 10,317 Plates Cut Lengths 23,815 34,253 25,795 35,207 Plates In Coils 10,013 6,873 12,616 8,851 Rails Standard 314 242 4,009 2,689 Bars - Hot Rolled 79,078 71,048 73,895 58,817 Bars - Light Shaped 2,423 1,440 2,948 1,822 Bars - Cold Finished 7,423 12,581 18,024 21,771 Tool Steel 12,793 32,543 12,576 32,253 Standard Pipe 1,433 3,556 840 2,903 Oil Country Goods 46,862 95,674 59,188 98,480 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,057 13,241 21,851 22,628 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 53 524 142 336 Line Pipe - Not Specified 80 372 109 440 Mechanical Tubing 13,489 23,503 11,604 22,184 Pressure Tubing 2,563 8,423 4,121 14,425 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 406 1,698 421 1,665 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,932 6,485 2,954 4,483 Pipe For Piling 120 115 137 128 Wire Drawn 9,737 13,561 8,029 10,784 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,587 11,289 20,883 16,540 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,803 19,289 26,197 20,120 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,796 14,656 24,391 16,791 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,535 6,114 4,811 4,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,293 9,288 4,014 6,108 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 67 872 421 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,611 7,430 2,052 5,782 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 May 2007 (CB-07-89)