Not Seasonally Adjusted Exhibit 1A: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Alloy Steel Products: (Census Basis) Quantity in metric tons/ value in thousands of dollars. Details may not equal totals due to rounding 2007 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,054 456,380 374,703 491,349 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,352 1,829 702 985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,770 36,267 34,310 27,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,969 8,385 946 753 Plates Cut Lengths 31,102 54,123 37,703 53,246 Plates In Coils 11,438 8,113 16,827 12,465 Rails Standard 7,105 5,593 1,183 950 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,722 50,585 56,416 54,363 Bars - Light Shaped 768 588 147 130 Bars - Cold Finished 8,828 13,874 4,542 9,609 Tool Steel 10,526 30,720 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 2,511 6,343 1,067 4,354 Oil Country Goods 37,536 54,567 49,785 76,980 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,772 57,475 65,459 90,218 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 122 332 68 680 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 10 731 711 Mechanical Tubing 10,918 23,367 11,387 22,768 Pressure Tubing 2,827 10,721 2,550 8,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 1,110 265 1,567 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,786 7,658 2,759 8,157 Pipe For Piling 90 92 90 84 Wire Drawn 7,714 11,572 8,707 13,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,737 16,155 23,804 21,260 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,907 12,979 18,829 17,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,893 13,631 8,501 7,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,646 8,472 7,509 7,952 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,595 14,484 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 100 78 288 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,113 7,257 2,178 6,274 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data August July Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,375 442,857 384,626 472,966 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,176 3,622 1,272 1,588 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 65,000 40,293 41,614 26,419 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,739 4,428 6,895 4,786 Plates Cut Lengths 30,113 40,651 31,352 42,487 Plates In Coils 9,772 6,440 15,380 10,003 Rails Standard 1,877 1,560 3,030 2,138 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,626 42,797 69,625 60,217 Bars - Light Shaped 1,076 766 953 625 Bars - Cold Finished 7,702 13,883 9,764 15,733 Tool Steel 12,952 32,481 13,638 34,286 Standard Pipe 1,547 3,645 1,766 4,069 Oil Country Goods 42,738 83,909 43,181 89,291 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,939 46,283 38,642 47,424 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 966 1,023 5,425 11,503 Line Pipe - Not Specified 14 23 176 1,022 Mechanical Tubing 13,782 26,010 11,079 20,417 Pressure Tubing 2,700 7,840 1,802 5,237 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 306 1,422 418 2,084 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,872 5,025 1,584 3,476 Pipe For Piling 142 143 104 104 Wire Drawn 9,048 12,932 9,794 13,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,757 12,199 15,865 12,796 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,429 17,099 26,389 24,526 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,589 20,516 18,899 13,794 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,227 3,058 5,181 4,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,912 8,027 7,497 13,278 Strip - Hot Rolled 436 354 478 419 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,939 6,428 2,824 7,362 -------------------------------------------------------------- August Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 2,961,496 3,835,180 2,853,916 3,333,570 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,268 17,519 18,909 19,505 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 390,137 295,040 290,063 177,231 Structural Shapes Heavy 49,547 40,438 85,962 54,065 Plates Cut Lengths 244,369 377,200 243,817 332,428 Plates In Coils 78,978 54,636 90,936 63,264 Rails Standard 26,843 20,416 13,681 9,644 Bars - Hot Rolled 430,471 411,774 549,625 455,398 Bars - Light Shaped 4,690 4,356 18,021 10,996 Bars - Cold Finished 64,983 120,342 76,306 116,415 Tool Steel 93,396 255,210 111,729 275,266 Standard Pipe 13,351 36,828 9,529 24,512 Oil Country Goods 367,398 603,379 338,414 631,058 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 374,950 516,041 178,372 202,326 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,135 11,577 9,007 20,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,035 2,646 1,035 3,298 Mechanical Tubing 97,858 195,821 89,609 166,056 Pressure Tubing 21,699 85,624 21,128 71,420 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 2,638 13,831 3,308 13,655 Structural Pipe & Tube 25,681 50,420 23,987 38,782 Pipe For Piling 1,567 1,424 644 638 Wire Drawn 60,140 89,524 68,968 96,365 Sheets Hot Rolled 165,814 141,905 130,185 100,295 Sheets Cold Rolled 162,703 152,032 172,566 142,306 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 114,053 95,568 190,560 137,549 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 51,451 55,118 44,176 38,308 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 69,265 126,987 48,006 74,407 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,085 2,278 3,829 3,012 Strip - Cold Rolled 25,990 57,248 21,542 54,616 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final August 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.