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 July 2007 June 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 371,555 488,771 379,395 495,137 Ingots And Steel For Castings 702 985 1,907 3,097 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,310 27,218 52,323 47,483 Structural Shapes Heavy 946 753 1,804 1,627 Plates Cut Lengths 37,703 53,246 41,044 57,834 Plates In Coils 16,827 12,465 9,039 6,404 Rails Standard 1,183 950 8,059 5,442 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,272 51,819 53,107 54,089 Bars - Light Shaped 147 130 358 332 Bars - Cold Finished 4,542 9,609 7,664 13,402 Tool Steel 11,731 31,905 9,779 28,467 Standard Pipe 1,067 4,354 2,533 7,570 Oil Country Goods 49,785 76,980 35,940 54,737 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,459 90,218 55,591 72,203 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 68 680 3,674 5,671 Line Pipe - Not Specified 731 711 2,101 1,616 Mechanical Tubing 11,387 22,768 13,149 29,249 Pressure Tubing 2,550 8,764 3,684 12,948 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 265 1,567 384 2,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,759 8,157 2,699 5,525 Pipe For Piling 90 84 111 107 Wire Drawn 8,703 13,131 7,583 11,004 Sheets Hot Rolled 23,804 21,260 19,131 16,200 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,829 17,126 20,729 18,905 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,501 7,949 9,324 8,617 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,509 7,952 5,434 6,059 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,217 11,375 9,107 17,244 Strip - Hot Rolled 288 344 486 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,178 6,274 2,651 6,482 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 418,719 524,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,908 3,107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 66,998 47,549 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,129 5,308 Plates Cut Lengths 41,665 58,697 Plates In Coils 11,871 8,272 Rails Standard 8,081 5,454 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,464 54,507 Bars - Light Shaped 1,648 1,972 Bars - Cold Finished 7,966 15,270 Tool Steel 10,087 29,065 Standard Pipe 2,533 7,570 Oil Country Goods 36,574 55,551 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 55,591 72,203 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,200 8,929 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,101 1,616 Mechanical Tubing 14,785 31,124 Pressure Tubing 3,684 12,948 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 384 2,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,127 6,341 Pipe For Piling 111 107 Wire Drawn 7,882 11,355 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,420 21,070 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,088 21,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 9,344 8,633 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,434 6,059 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,503 20,598 Strip - Hot Rolled 486 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,657 6,639 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2006 June 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,626 472,966 324,632 385,152 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,272 1,588 2,177 1,834 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 41,614 26,419 14,455 12,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,895 4,786 3,177 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 31,352 42,487 31,900 42,516 Plates In Coils 15,380 10,003 17,817 12,264 Rails Standard 3,030 2,138 1,648 910 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,625 60,217 71,818 54,624 Bars - Light Shaped 953 625 1,777 1,154 Bars - Cold Finished 9,764 15,733 9,934 15,219 Tool Steel 13,638 34,286 13,993 38,509 Standard Pipe 1,766 4,069 1,081 2,254 Oil Country Goods 43,181 89,291 41,555 71,769 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,642 47,424 753 930 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,425 11,503 2,222 6,936 Line Pipe - Not Specified 176 1,022 243 326 Mechanical Tubing 11,079 20,417 8,471 15,978 Pressure Tubing 1,802 5,237 3,287 10,757 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 418 2,084 603 2,477 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,584 3,476 1,862 4,131 Pipe For Piling 104 104 79 88 Wire Drawn 9,794 13,202 8,988 12,792 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,865 12,796 30,404 20,604 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,389 24,526 24,755 20,827 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,899 13,794 18,663 13,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,181 4,680 2,566 2,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,497 13,278 7,429 10,567 Strip - Hot Rolled 478 419 658 727 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,824 7,362 2,317 5,847 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 July 2007 (CB-07-119)