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 December 2007 November 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 344,464 459,558 386,930 519,599 Ingots And Steel For Castings 21 114 1,016 1,640 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 84,148 67,241 47,140 41,135 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,637 3,375 11,017 10,276 Plates Cut Lengths 23,719 41,265 34,588 50,502 Plates In Coils 6,893 4,653 13,910 9,696 Rails Standard 2,332 2,243 1,271 1,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 44,031 44,070 46,941 47,073 Bars - Light Shaped 247 273 542 392 Bars - Cold Finished 6,501 14,004 8,100 14,805 Tool Steel 12,781 36,536 16,895 42,561 Standard Pipe 2,917 7,926 930 2,253 Oil Country Goods 31,422 49,559 42,761 66,458 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,252 71,719 70,858 98,425 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,738 6,441 44 219 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 31 5 4 Mechanical Tubing 9,356 22,935 10,573 22,134 Pressure Tubing 2,521 14,231 2,994 10,652 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 296 1,192 460 2,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,786 4,889 2,546 5,808 Pipe For Piling 26 25 8 8 Wire Drawn 7,250 10,601 7,942 12,217 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 3,832 3,801 3,141 6,744 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,410 9,198 9,528 18,728 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 124 239 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,429 9,166 3,187 7,350 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 392,040 527,210 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,084 1,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,140 41,135 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,017 10,276 Plates Cut Lengths 34,642 50,536 Plates In Coils 13,910 9,696 Rails Standard 1,271 1,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,048 47,507 Bars - Light Shaped 542 392 Bars - Cold Finished 8,108 14,836 Tool Steel 17,018 43,059 Standard Pipe 930 2,253 Oil Country Goods 43,548 67,766 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 74,496 105,246 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 75 353 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 4 Mechanical Tubing 10,617 22,179 Pressure Tubing 2,994 10,652 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 460 2,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,546 5,808 Pipe For Piling 8 8 Wire Drawn 7,948 12,257 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,095 15,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,722 18,101 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,477 12,964 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,045 3,797 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,869 19,850 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,187 7,372 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2006 November 2006 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 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 December 2007 (CB-08-15)