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 October 2007 September 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,734 447,618 262,121 344,088 Ingots And Steel For Castings 189 1,005 401 479 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,825 39,158 10,451 7,302 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,713 6,325 5,296 4,756 Plates Cut Lengths 32,901 64,946 36,443 48,262 Plates In Coils 8,254 5,801 9,245 6,378 Rails Standard 6,180 3,797 292 225 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,725 49,840 51,987 48,536 Bars - Light Shaped 780 590 449 369 Bars - Cold Finished 7,508 14,795 4,342 9,549 Tool Steel 11,679 32,851 8,697 25,091 Standard Pipe 2,005 5,583 729 2,398 Oil Country Goods 28,007 49,029 26,008 41,115 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,070 55,736 29,472 44,383 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 109 282 64 156 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 129 142 Mechanical Tubing 7,627 19,057 7,089 17,391 Pressure Tubing 1,757 7,587 1,919 7,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 520 2,947 470 2,584 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,334 6,409 915 3,085 Pipe For Piling 108 103 115 111 Wire Drawn 7,006 11,131 6,317 9,838 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,598 14,179 21,131 18,186 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,859 11,597 12,954 12,439 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,769 12,216 12,476 11,565 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,814 10,359 6,162 6,441 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,662 12,481 5,699 9,453 Strip - Hot Rolled 334 216 97 116 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,399 9,600 2,771 6,048 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 276,163 367,920 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 479 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,654 7,715 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,296 4,756 Plates Cut Lengths 37,010 49,622 Plates In Coils 9,245 6,378 Rails Standard 317 246 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,402 51,329 Bars - Light Shaped 449 369 Bars - Cold Finished 4,533 10,799 Tool Steel 9,379 26,824 Standard Pipe 729 2,398 Oil Country Goods 33,756 52,559 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,682 44,907 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 282 700 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149 163 Mechanical Tubing 7,578 18,358 Pressure Tubing 1,919 7,687 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 484 2,704 Structural Pipe & Tube 922 3,183 Pipe For Piling 115 111 Wire Drawn 6,550 10,402 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,131 18,186 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,030 12,508 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,980 12,143 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,182 6,459 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,991 10,291 Strip - Hot Rolled 101 135 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 6,510 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2006 September 2006 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 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 October 2007 (CB-07-162)