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 September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 276,163 367,920 346,054 456,380 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 479 1,352 1,829 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,654 7,715 39,770 36,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,296 4,756 10,969 8,385 Plates Cut Lengths 37,010 49,622 31,102 54,123 Plates In Coils 9,245 6,378 11,438 8,113 Rails Standard 317 246 7,105 5,593 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,402 51,329 51,722 50,585 Bars - Light Shaped 449 369 768 588 Bars - Cold Finished 4,533 10,799 8,828 13,874 Tool Steel 9,379 26,824 10,526 30,720 Standard Pipe 729 2,398 2,511 6,343 Oil Country Goods 33,756 52,559 37,536 54,567 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,682 44,907 39,772 57,475 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 282 700 122 332 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149 163 8 10 Mechanical Tubing 7,578 18,358 10,918 23,367 Pressure Tubing 1,919 7,687 2,827 10,721 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 484 2,704 201 1,110 Structural Pipe & Tube 922 3,183 3,786 7,658 Pipe For Piling 115 111 90 92 Wire Drawn 6,550 10,402 7,714 11,572 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,131 18,186 17,737 16,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,030 12,508 13,907 12,979 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,980 12,143 14,893 13,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,182 6,459 8,646 8,472 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,991 10,291 8,595 14,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 101 135 100 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 6,510 3,113 7,257 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data September August Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,787 449,995 365,375 442,857 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 745 2,176 3,622 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 49,332 32,122 65,000 40,293 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,140 3,156 5,739 4,428 Plates Cut Lengths 33,582 51,282 30,113 40,651 Plates In Coils 13,747 9,244 9,772 6,440 Rails Standard 2,751 1,922 1,877 1,560 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,093 43,075 47,626 42,797 Bars - Light Shaped 1,566 974 1,076 766 Bars - Cold Finished 9,355 16,069 7,702 13,883 Tool Steel 10,755 26,135 12,952 32,481 Standard Pipe 824 1,908 1,547 3,645 Oil Country Goods 50,509 105,758 42,738 83,909 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,200 34,605 37,939 46,283 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 146 359 966 1,023 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4 62 14 23 Mechanical Tubing 8,641 18,445 13,782 26,010 Pressure Tubing 1,904 5,477 2,700 7,840 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 462 2,017 306 1,422 Structural Pipe & Tube 5,324 6,751 2,872 5,025 Pipe For Piling 320 323 142 143 Wire Drawn 7,007 10,291 9,048 12,932 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,892 13,303 12,757 12,199 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,927 22,347 18,429 17,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,635 20,468 26,589 20,516 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,928 6,422 3,227 3,058 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,748 11,782 4,912 8,027 Strip - Hot Rolled 642 505 436 354 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,847 4,445 2,939 6,428 -------------------------------------------------------------- September Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,237,659 4,203,100 3,215,703 3,783,565 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,669 17,998 19,416 20,250 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 400,791 302,754 339,394 209,353 Structural Shapes Heavy 54,843 45,194 90,102 57,221 Plates Cut Lengths 281,379 426,822 277,399 383,709 Plates In Coils 88,223 61,014 104,683 72,509 Rails Standard 27,160 20,662 16,432 11,567 Bars - Hot Rolled 484,873 463,103 596,718 498,474 Bars - Light Shaped 5,139 4,725 19,587 11,971 Bars - Cold Finished 69,515 131,141 85,661 132,484 Tool Steel 102,775 282,033 122,484 301,402 Standard Pipe 14,080 39,226 10,353 26,420 Oil Country Goods 401,155 655,938 388,923 736,816 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 404,632 560,948 205,573 236,931 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,417 12,277 9,153 21,112 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,185 2,810 1,039 3,359 Mechanical Tubing 105,437 214,179 98,250 184,502 Pressure Tubing 23,617 93,311 23,032 76,897 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,122 16,534 3,770 15,672 Structural Pipe & Tube 26,603 53,603 29,311 45,533 Pipe For Piling 1,682 1,535 964 962 Wire Drawn 66,690 99,926 75,975 106,656 Sheets Hot Rolled 186,945 160,090 148,077 113,598 Sheets Cold Rolled 175,733 164,539 198,493 164,654 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 127,033 107,711 217,195 158,017 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 57,634 61,577 52,103 44,729 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 75,256 137,278 53,754 86,189 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,186 2,413 4,472 3,517 Strip - Cold Rolled 28,884 63,758 23,389 59,060 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final September 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.