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 July 2006 June 2006 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 379,017 465,456 288,766 351,433 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,088 1,119 2,175 1,817 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 41,775 26,487 14,455 12,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,895 4,786 3,139 2,214 Plates Cut Lengths 31,352 42,487 31,765 41,955 Plates In Coils 15,380 10,003 17,737 12,197 Rails Standard 3,030 2,138 1,648 910 Bars - Hot Rolled 66,322 58,574 63,935 50,331 Bars - Light Shaped 953 625 1,777 1,154 Bars - Cold Finished 9,734 15,689 9,915 15,187 Tool Steel 12,490 32,916 13,702 37,501 Standard Pipe 1,482 3,596 1,049 2,180 Oil Country Goods 42,758 86,318 32,314 60,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 38,642 47,424 738 912 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,344 11,334 503 1,409 Line Pipe - Not Specified 176 1,022 238 270 Mechanical Tubing 10,850 20,081 8,161 15,670 Pressure Tubing 1,802 5,237 3,277 10,701 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 418 2,084 599 2,467 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,557 3,424 1,829 3,795 Pipe For Piling 104 104 79 88 Wire Drawn 9,794 13,202 8,574 12,269 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,865 12,796 16,058 12,068 Sheets Cold Rolled 26,334 24,487 24,733 20,793 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,899 13,794 17,429 12,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,181 4,680 2,563 2,569 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,491 13,268 7,410 10,509 Strip - Hot Rolled 478 419 645 715 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,824 7,362 2,317 5,847 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2006 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,632 385,152 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,177 1,834 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,455 12,708 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,177 2,237 Plates Cut Lengths 31,900 42,516 Plates In Coils 17,817 12,264 Rails Standard 1,648 910 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,818 54,624 Bars - Light Shaped 1,777 1,154 Bars - Cold Finished 9,934 15,219 Tool Steel 13,993 38,509 Standard Pipe 1,081 2,254 Oil Country Goods 41,555 71,769 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 753 930 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,222 6,936 Line Pipe - Not Specified 243 326 Mechanical Tubing 8,471 15,978 Pressure Tubing 3,287 10,757 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 603 2,477 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,862 4,131 Pipe For Piling 79 88 Wire Drawn 8,988 12,792 Sheets Hot Rolled 30,404 20,604 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,755 20,827 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,663 13,595 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,566 2,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,429 10,567 Strip - Hot Rolled 658 727 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,317 5,847 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2005 June 2005 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 329,233 365,462 413,484 441,586 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,036 3,274 2,774 2,437 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 50,671 33,176 79,817 58,387 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,427 5,132 10,430 7,038 Plates Cut Lengths 36,072 43,478 29,412 42,726 Plates In Coils 11,689 8,228 9,927 6,749 Rails Standard 1,000 746 5,420 3,758 Bars - Hot Rolled 74,109 61,557 65,194 54,529 Bars - Light Shaped 1,631 1,019 1,078 678 Bars - Cold Finished 8,759 11,752 20,802 24,527 Tool Steel 16,183 42,634 14,871 36,259 Standard Pipe 2,136 4,808 1,569 3,186 Oil Country Goods 27,984 43,040 32,452 47,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,465 15,731 27,064 35,038 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 530 567 93 108 Line Pipe - Not Specified 78 291 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 11,651 20,019 9,541 15,956 Pressure Tubing 3,246 9,700 2,682 7,619 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 250 983 258 1,033 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,060 2,458 2,037 4,250 Pipe For Piling 9 9 208 207 Wire Drawn 8,080 11,472 9,605 13,806 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,432 9,982 22,855 17,552 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,619 8,410 22,517 18,281 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,614 8,029 24,709 16,282 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,272 1,896 7,667 6,303 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,615 10,130 6,960 10,053 Strip - Hot Rolled 877 438 578 320 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,504 2,963 7,073 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 Vanessa Ware (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary July 2006 (CB-06-130)