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 October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 371,767 479,319 276,163 367,920 Ingots And Steel For Castings 154 235 401 479 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 93,415 72,183 10,654 7,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,384 6,818 5,296 4,756 Plates Cut Lengths 32,923 64,972 37,010 49,622 Plates In Coils 8,254 5,801 9,245 6,378 Rails Standard 6,337 3,920 317 246 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,750 49,902 54,402 51,329 Bars - Light Shaped 780 590 449 369 Bars - Cold Finished 7,508 14,795 4,533 10,799 Tool Steel 11,716 33,187 9,379 26,824 Standard Pipe 2,005 5,583 729 2,398 Oil Country Goods 28,007 49,029 33,756 52,559 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,070 55,736 29,682 44,907 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 577 1,119 282 700 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 149 163 Mechanical Tubing 7,628 19,067 7,578 18,358 Pressure Tubing 1,776 7,616 1,919 7,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 529 3,066 484 2,704 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,334 6,409 922 3,183 Pipe For Piling 108 103 115 111 Wire Drawn 7,007 11,153 6,550 10,402 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,598 14,179 21,131 18,186 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,859 11,597 13,030 12,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,886 12,321 12,980 12,143 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,718 7,554 6,182 6,459 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,701 12,537 5,991 10,291 Strip - Hot Rolled 334 216 101 135 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,407 9,630 2,895 6,510 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data October September Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,178 430,032 361,787 449,995 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,045 1,232 507 745 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,459 27,877 49,332 32,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,063 9,062 4,140 3,156 Plates Cut Lengths 29,388 35,807 33,582 51,282 Plates In Coils 12,793 8,881 13,747 9,244 Rails Standard 759 602 2,751 1,922 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,753 50,373 47,093 43,075 Bars - Light Shaped 1,244 870 1,566 974 Bars - Cold Finished 8,485 13,828 9,355 16,069 Tool Steel 10,925 30,233 10,755 26,135 Standard Pipe 1,425 2,698 824 1,908 Oil Country Goods 39,291 73,875 50,509 105,758 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,971 35,396 27,200 34,605 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 281 405 146 359 Line Pipe - Not Specified 839 529 4 62 Mechanical Tubing 10,981 20,361 8,641 18,445 Pressure Tubing 1,694 6,281 1,904 5,477 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 490 3,149 462 2,017 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,963 5,756 5,324 6,751 Pipe For Piling 28 29 320 323 Wire Drawn 7,867 11,765 7,007 10,291 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,712 14,255 17,892 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 29,734 24,241 25,927 22,347 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,015 20,707 26,635 20,468 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,114 6,428 7,928 6,422 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,117 15,527 5,748 11,782 Strip - Hot Rolled 883 825 642 505 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,861 9,039 1,847 4,445 -------------------------------------------------------------- October Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 3,609,426 4,682,419 3,570,882 4,213,596 Ingots And Steel For Castings 11,824 18,233 20,462 21,482 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 494,207 374,937 370,853 237,230 Structural Shapes Heavy 62,227 52,012 102,165 66,283 Plates Cut Lengths 314,301 491,794 306,786 419,517 Plates In Coils 96,477 66,815 117,476 81,389 Rails Standard 33,497 24,582 17,192 12,169 Bars - Hot Rolled 535,623 513,005 658,471 548,847 Bars - Light Shaped 5,919 5,314 20,830 12,841 Bars - Cold Finished 77,023 145,937 94,146 146,312 Tool Steel 114,491 315,220 133,409 331,634 Standard Pipe 16,085 44,809 11,778 29,118 Oil Country Goods 429,162 704,967 428,213 810,691 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 443,703 616,684 230,544 272,328 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,994 13,397 9,434 21,517 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,185 2,810 1,878 3,888 Mechanical Tubing 113,064 233,246 109,231 204,863 Pressure Tubing 25,393 100,926 24,726 83,178 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 3,651 19,600 4,259 18,822 Structural Pipe & Tube 29,937 60,012 32,274 51,289 Pipe For Piling 1,791 1,637 992 991 Wire Drawn 73,697 111,080 83,843 118,421 Sheets Hot Rolled 203,543 174,270 165,790 127,853 Sheets Cold Rolled 188,592 176,136 228,227 188,895 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 139,919 120,032 243,210 178,725 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 64,352 69,131 59,217 51,157 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 83,957 149,815 62,871 101,716 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,521 2,629 5,355 4,342 Strip - Cold Rolled 33,292 73,388 27,251 68,100 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final October 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.