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 January 2008 December 2007 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 350,640 501,038 344,464 459,558 Ingots And Steel For Castings 228 793 21 114 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,937 32,340 84,148 67,241 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,844 7,394 3,637 3,375 Plates Cut Lengths 25,681 46,648 23,719 41,265 Plates In Coils 13,010 10,062 6,893 4,653 Rails Standard 350 399 2,332 2,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,135 63,863 44,031 44,070 Bars - Light Shaped 469 487 247 273 Bars - Cold Finished 8,153 15,754 6,501 14,004 Tool Steel 15,493 40,563 12,781 36,536 Standard Pipe 1,143 3,413 2,917 7,926 Oil Country Goods 48,375 74,479 31,422 49,559 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,412 77,027 51,252 71,719 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,347 4,753 2,738 6,441 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65 103 21 31 Mechanical Tubing 10,869 26,044 9,356 22,935 Pressure Tubing 2,918 10,900 2,521 14,231 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 280 1,177 296 1,192 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,005 5,651 1,786 4,889 Pipe For Piling 66 62 26 25 Wire Drawn 7,574 11,541 7,250 10,601 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,056 11,094 11,284 10,322 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,074 12,798 11,442 11,229 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,377 13,129 13,055 12,395 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,653 7,422 3,832 3,801 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,126 15,693 5,410 9,198 Strip - Hot Rolled 262 780 118 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,669 5,429 9,166 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2007 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 348,710 472,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 43 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 84,205 67,424 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,637 3,375 Plates Cut Lengths 23,719 41,265 Plates In Coils 6,893 4,653 Rails Standard 2,332 2,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 45,207 46,320 Bars - Light Shaped 247 273 Bars - Cold Finished 6,501 14,004 Tool Steel 13,926 38,675 Standard Pipe 2,920 7,970 Oil Country Goods 31,563 49,888 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,459 75,015 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,738 6,441 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 31 Mechanical Tubing 9,376 22,956 Pressure Tubing 2,626 14,603 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 296 1,192 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,860 5,001 Pipe For Piling 26 25 Wire Drawn 7,284 10,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,284 10,322 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,442 11,229 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,055 12,395 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,021 4,025 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,502 12,951 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,437 9,375 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2007 December 2006 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 354,018 444,346 351,691 465,435 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,661 2,931 745 847 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 68,065 50,460 37,854 29,190 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,841 3,421 4,585 3,910 Plates Cut Lengths 20,209 32,874 26,824 41,152 Plates In Coils 5,866 4,247 12,870 8,667 Rails Standard 1,155 780 383 324 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,120 53,253 40,646 41,337 Bars - Light Shaped 382 286 748 478 Bars - Cold Finished 9,405 18,712 12,898 18,604 Tool Steel 11,086 32,483 12,078 34,199 Standard Pipe 1,539 3,853 1,769 4,023 Oil Country Goods 47,016 76,937 61,669 99,999 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,714 27,120 38,686 50,883 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 0 0 2,331 4,691 Line Pipe - Not Specified 100 109 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 13,547 25,083 10,644 21,811 Pressure Tubing 2,290 10,175 1,389 6,677 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 351 1,336 263 1,255 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,675 6,348 2,193 4,381 Pipe For Piling 884 795 550 442 Wire Drawn 7,082 10,582 6,769 10,439 Sheets Hot Rolled 25,550 21,786 15,587 12,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,848 18,996 23,161 19,688 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 21,275 16,671 16,712 13,005 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,959 4,317 5,864 4,853 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,146 13,997 10,099 23,956 Strip - Hot Rolled 449 261 373 244 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,801 6,536 4,003 8,076 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 January 2008 (CB-08-34)