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 August 2007 July 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 340,772 448,222 371,555 488,771 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,066 1,278 702 985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,355 36,013 34,310 27,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,969 8,385 946 753 Plates Cut Lengths 31,063 54,050 37,703 53,246 Plates In Coils 11,400 8,081 16,827 12,465 Rails Standard 7,105 5,593 1,183 950 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,178 49,100 53,272 51,819 Bars - Light Shaped 768 588 147 130 Bars - Cold Finished 8,809 13,827 4,542 9,609 Tool Steel 10,474 30,565 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 2,401 6,071 1,067 4,354 Oil Country Goods 35,980 52,474 49,785 76,980 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,772 57,475 65,459 90,218 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 31 332 68 680 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 10 731 711 Mechanical Tubing 10,412 22,384 11,387 22,768 Pressure Tubing 2,684 10,555 2,550 8,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 199 1,105 265 1,567 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,676 7,244 2,759 8,157 Pipe For Piling 90 92 90 84 Wire Drawn 7,480 11,339 8,703 13,131 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,782 15,339 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 8,633 8,458 7,509 7,952 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,426 13,918 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 100 78 288 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,113 7,257 2,178 6,274 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,703 491,349 Ingots And Steel For Castings 702 985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,310 27,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 946 753 Plates Cut Lengths 37,703 53,246 Plates In Coils 16,827 12,465 Rails Standard 1,183 950 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,416 54,363 Bars - Light Shaped 147 130 Bars - Cold Finished 4,542 9,609 Tool Steel 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 1,067 4,354 Oil Country Goods 49,785 76,980 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,459 90,218 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 68 680 Line Pipe - Not Specified 731 711 Mechanical Tubing 11,387 22,768 Pressure Tubing 2,550 8,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 265 1,567 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,759 8,157 Pipe For Piling 90 84 Wire Drawn 8,707 13,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 23,804 21,260 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,829 17,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,501 7,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,509 7,952 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 288 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,178 6,274 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2006 July 2006 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 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 August 2007 (CB-07-133)