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 November 2007 October 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 386,930 519,599 325,734 447,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,016 1,640 189 1,005 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,140 41,135 48,825 39,158 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,017 10,276 6,713 6,325 Plates Cut Lengths 34,588 50,502 32,901 64,946 Plates In Coils 13,910 9,696 8,254 5,801 Rails Standard 1,271 1,123 6,180 3,797 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,941 47,073 50,725 49,840 Bars - Light Shaped 542 392 780 590 Bars - Cold Finished 8,100 14,805 7,508 14,795 Tool Steel 16,895 42,561 11,679 32,851 Standard Pipe 930 2,253 2,005 5,583 Oil Country Goods 42,761 66,458 28,007 49,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 70,858 98,425 39,070 55,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 44 219 109 282 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 4 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,573 22,134 7,627 19,057 Pressure Tubing 2,994 10,652 1,757 7,587 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 460 2,734 520 2,947 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,546 5,808 3,334 6,409 Pipe For Piling 8 8 108 103 Wire Drawn 7,942 12,217 7,006 11,131 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,095 15,404 16,598 14,179 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,722 18,101 12,859 11,597 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,477 12,964 12,769 12,216 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,141 6,744 6,814 10,359 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,528 18,728 8,662 12,481 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 192 334 216 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,187 7,350 4,399 9,600 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 371,767 479,319 Ingots And Steel For Castings 154 235 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 93,415 72,183 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,384 6,818 Plates Cut Lengths 32,923 64,972 Plates In Coils 8,254 5,801 Rails Standard 6,337 3,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,750 49,902 Bars - Light Shaped 780 590 Bars - Cold Finished 7,508 14,795 Tool Steel 11,716 33,187 Standard Pipe 2,005 5,583 Oil Country Goods 28,007 49,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,070 55,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 577 1,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 7,628 19,067 Pressure Tubing 1,776 7,616 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 529 3,066 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,334 6,409 Pipe For Piling 108 103 Wire Drawn 7,007 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,598 14,179 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,859 11,597 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,886 12,321 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,718 7,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,701 12,537 Strip - Hot Rolled 334 216 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,407 9,630 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2006 October 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,433 528,848 355,178 430,032 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,637 3,065 1,045 1,232 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 85,895 61,648 31,459 27,877 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,170 7,396 12,063 9,062 Plates Cut Lengths 35,272 52,268 29,388 35,807 Plates In Coils 9,311 6,235 12,793 8,881 Rails Standard 1,769 1,371 759 602 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,075 50,261 61,753 50,373 Bars - Light Shaped 1,179 752 1,244 870 Bars - Cold Finished 12,751 25,182 8,485 13,828 Tool Steel 14,031 39,137 10,925 30,233 Standard Pipe 1,774 5,233 1,425 2,698 Oil Country Goods 44,818 90,393 39,291 73,875 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,105 50,102 24,971 35,396 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 113 944 281 405 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 10 839 529 Mechanical Tubing 11,898 21,815 10,981 20,361 Pressure Tubing 3,023 10,369 1,694 6,281 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 222 1,167 490 3,149 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,245 8,055 2,963 5,756 Pipe For Piling 62 65 28 29 Wire Drawn 7,767 11,629 7,867 11,765 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,907 14,536 17,712 14,255 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,837 18,996 29,734 24,241 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 25,858 19,770 26,015 20,707 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,476 3,021 7,114 6,428 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,652 15,070 9,117 15,527 Strip - Hot Rolled 741 718 883 825 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,843 9,638 3,861 9,039 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2007 (CB-07-185)