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 September 2007 August 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 262,121 344,088 340,772 448,222 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 479 1,066 1,278 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,451 7,302 39,355 36,013 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,296 4,756 10,969 8,385 Plates Cut Lengths 36,443 48,262 31,063 54,050 Plates In Coils 9,245 6,378 11,400 8,081 Rails Standard 292 225 7,105 5,593 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,987 48,536 51,178 49,100 Bars - Light Shaped 449 369 768 588 Bars - Cold Finished 4,342 9,549 8,809 13,827 Tool Steel 8,697 25,091 10,474 30,565 Standard Pipe 729 2,398 2,401 6,071 Oil Country Goods 26,008 41,115 35,980 52,474 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,472 44,383 39,772 57,475 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 64 156 31 332 Line Pipe - Not Specified 129 142 8 10 Mechanical Tubing 7,089 17,391 10,412 22,384 Pressure Tubing 1,919 7,687 2,684 10,555 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 470 2,584 199 1,105 Structural Pipe & Tube 915 3,085 3,676 7,244 Pipe For Piling 115 111 90 92 Wire Drawn 6,317 9,838 7,480 11,339 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,131 18,186 16,782 15,339 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,954 12,439 13,907 12,979 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,476 11,565 14,893 13,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,162 6,441 8,633 8,458 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,699 9,453 8,426 13,918 Strip - Hot Rolled 97 116 100 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,771 6,048 3,113 7,257 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,054 456,380 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,352 1,829 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,770 36,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,969 8,385 Plates Cut Lengths 31,102 54,123 Plates In Coils 11,438 8,113 Rails Standard 7,105 5,593 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,722 50,585 Bars - Light Shaped 768 588 Bars - Cold Finished 8,828 13,874 Tool Steel 10,526 30,720 Standard Pipe 2,511 6,343 Oil Country Goods 37,536 54,567 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,772 57,475 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 122 332 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 10 Mechanical Tubing 10,918 23,367 Pressure Tubing 2,827 10,721 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 1,110 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,786 7,658 Pipe For Piling 90 92 Wire Drawn 7,714 11,572 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,737 16,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,907 12,979 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,893 13,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,646 8,472 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,595 14,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 100 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,113 7,257 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2006 August 2006 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 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary September 2007 (CB-07-147)