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 December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 348,710 472,462 392,040 527,210 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 43 1,084 1,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 84,205 67,424 47,140 41,135 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,637 3,375 11,017 10,276 Plates Cut Lengths 23,719 41,265 34,642 50,536 Plates In Coils 6,893 4,653 13,910 9,696 Rails Standard 2,332 2,243 1,271 1,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 45,207 46,320 47,048 47,507 Bars - Light Shaped 247 273 542 392 Bars - Cold Finished 6,501 14,004 8,108 14,836 Tool Steel 13,926 38,675 17,018 43,059 Standard Pipe 2,920 7,970 930 2,253 Oil Country Goods 31,563 49,888 43,548 67,766 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,459 75,015 74,496 105,246 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,738 6,441 75 353 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 31 5 4 Mechanical Tubing 9,376 22,956 10,617 22,179 Pressure Tubing 2,626 14,603 2,994 10,652 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 296 1,192 460 2,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,860 5,001 2,546 5,808 Pipe For Piling 26 25 8 8 Wire Drawn 7,284 10,645 7,948 12,257 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,284 10,322 15,095 15,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,442 11,229 21,722 18,101 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,055 12,395 13,477 12,964 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,021 4,025 3,045 3,797 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,502 12,951 9,869 19,850 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 124 239 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,437 9,375 3,187 7,372 -------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Data December November Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,691 465,435 413,433 528,848 Ingots And Steel For Castings 745 847 1,637 3,065 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,854 29,190 85,895 61,648 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,585 3,910 9,170 7,396 Plates Cut Lengths 26,824 41,152 35,272 52,268 Plates In Coils 12,870 8,667 9,311 6,235 Rails Standard 383 324 1,769 1,371 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,646 41,337 52,075 50,261 Bars - Light Shaped 748 478 1,179 752 Bars - Cold Finished 12,898 18,604 12,751 25,182 Tool Steel 12,078 34,199 14,031 39,137 Standard Pipe 1,769 4,023 1,774 5,233 Oil Country Goods 61,669 99,999 44,818 90,393 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,686 50,883 39,105 50,102 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,331 4,691 113 944 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 2 10 Mechanical Tubing 10,644 21,811 11,898 21,815 Pressure Tubing 1,389 6,677 3,023 10,369 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 263 1,255 222 1,167 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,193 4,381 4,245 8,055 Pipe For Piling 550 442 62 65 Wire Drawn 6,769 10,439 7,767 11,629 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,587 12,305 17,907 14,536 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,161 19,688 17,837 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,712 13,005 25,858 19,770 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,864 4,853 3,476 3,021 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,099 23,956 7,652 15,070 Strip - Hot Rolled 373 244 741 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,003 8,076 3,843 9,638 -------------------------------------------------------------- December Cumulative to Date 2007 Final 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 4,350,176 5,682,091 4,336,006 5,207,879 Ingots And Steel For Castings 12,924 19,988 22,844 25,394 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 625,552 483,496 494,602 328,068 Structural Shapes Heavy 76,881 65,664 115,920 77,589 Plates Cut Lengths 372,662 583,594 368,882 512,937 Plates In Coils 117,280 81,164 139,656 96,291 Rails Standard 37,101 27,948 19,344 13,863 Bars - Hot Rolled 627,878 606,832 751,192 640,445 Bars - Light Shaped 6,708 5,979 22,757 14,072 Bars - Cold Finished 91,633 174,777 119,795 190,098 Tool Steel 145,435 396,954 159,518 404,971 Standard Pipe 19,935 55,031 15,321 38,373 Oil Country Goods 504,273 822,621 534,700 1,001,084 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 569,657 796,944 308,334 373,312 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 9,807 20,191 11,878 27,151 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,211 2,844 1,881 3,898 Mechanical Tubing 133,057 278,380 131,772 248,489 Pressure Tubing 31,013 126,181 29,139 100,224 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 4,407 23,526 4,744 21,243 Structural Pipe & Tube 34,343 70,822 38,712 63,725 Pipe For Piling 1,825 1,670 1,604 1,498 Wire Drawn 88,929 133,982 98,379 140,489 Sheets Hot Rolled 229,922 199,996 199,283 154,694 Sheets Cold Rolled 221,756 205,466 269,224 227,579 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 166,451 145,392 285,780 211,499 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 71,418 76,954 68,557 59,031 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 100,328 182,615 80,622 140,742 Strip - Hot Rolled 3,878 2,945 6,469 5,305 Strip - Cold Rolled 41,916 90,134 35,097 85,814 SOURCE: Bureau of the Census, Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Final November 2007. For more information, contact Nick Orsini (301-763-6959) or Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division.