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 June 2007 May 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 379,395 495,137 359,766 483,430 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,907 3,097 3,298 4,342 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 52,323 47,483 6,368 5,574 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,804 1,627 8,345 7,287 Plates Cut Lengths 41,044 57,834 30,413 50,721 Plates In Coils 9,039 6,404 9,917 6,535 Rails Standard 8,059 5,442 1,872 1,404 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,107 54,089 50,051 43,980 Bars - Light Shaped 358 332 368 335 Bars - Cold Finished 7,664 13,402 7,507 14,874 Tool Steel 9,779 28,467 12,194 33,181 Standard Pipe 2,533 7,570 1,357 2,935 Oil Country Goods 35,940 54,737 58,900 84,469 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 55,591 72,203 64,139 86,573 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 3,674 5,671 181 717 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,101 1,616 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,149 29,249 10,823 24,969 Pressure Tubing 3,684 12,948 3,243 12,690 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 384 2,289 465 2,586 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,699 5,525 2,249 5,171 Pipe For Piling 111 107 249 218 Wire Drawn 7,583 11,004 7,349 10,827 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,131 16,200 22,642 19,194 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,729 18,905 23,255 21,562 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 9,324 8,617 13,528 11,545 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,434 6,059 6,820 6,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,107 17,244 9,959 16,574 Strip - Hot Rolled 486 535 242 156 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,651 6,482 4,033 8,332 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 368,360 496,517 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,499 4,728 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,417 5,816 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,361 7,301 Plates Cut Lengths 30,444 50,845 Plates In Coils 9,917 6,535 Rails Standard 2,021 1,565 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,214 45,962 Bars - Light Shaped 428 399 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 14,932 Tool Steel 12,326 33,488 Standard Pipe 1,539 3,777 Oil Country Goods 61,127 87,787 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 64,144 86,576 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 181 717 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,827 29,487 Pressure Tubing 3,243 12,690 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 465 2,586 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,282 5,350 Pipe For Piling 249 218 Wire Drawn 7,350 10,838 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,747 19,427 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,259 21,632 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,528 11,545 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,820 6,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,126 17,148 Strip - Hot Rolled 242 156 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,033 8,332 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2006 May 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,632 385,152 351,894 429,076 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,177 1,834 3,686 3,618 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,455 12,708 33,090 22,513 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,177 2,237 13,785 8,680 Plates Cut Lengths 31,900 42,516 23,815 34,253 Plates In Coils 17,817 12,264 10,013 6,873 Rails Standard 1,648 910 314 242 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,818 54,624 79,078 71,048 Bars - Light Shaped 1,777 1,154 2,423 1,440 Bars - Cold Finished 9,934 15,219 7,423 12,581 Tool Steel 13,993 38,509 12,793 32,543 Standard Pipe 1,081 2,254 1,433 3,556 Oil Country Goods 41,555 71,769 46,862 95,674 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 753 930 13,057 13,241 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,222 6,936 53 524 Line Pipe - Not Specified 243 326 80 372 Mechanical Tubing 8,471 15,978 13,489 23,503 Pressure Tubing 3,287 10,757 2,563 8,423 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 603 2,477 406 1,698 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,862 4,131 3,932 6,485 Pipe For Piling 79 88 120 115 Wire Drawn 8,988 12,792 9,737 13,561 Sheets Hot Rolled 30,404 20,604 14,587 11,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,755 20,827 23,803 19,289 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,663 13,595 19,796 14,656 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,566 2,573 7,535 6,114 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,429 10,567 5,293 9,288 Strip - Hot Rolled 658 727 118 67 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,317 5,847 2,611 7,430 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 June 2007 (CB-07-103)