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 February 2008 January 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 326,905 468,490 350,640 501,038 Ingots And Steel For Castings 162 139 228 793 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,429 57,742 30,937 32,340 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,327 5,797 7,844 7,394 Plates Cut Lengths 28,824 59,014 25,681 46,648 Plates In Coils 4,904 3,617 13,010 10,062 Rails Standard 2,561 2,387 350 399 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,406 49,670 60,135 63,863 Bars - Light Shaped 716 591 469 487 Bars - Cold Finished 4,953 10,413 8,153 15,754 Tool Steel 12,009 34,921 15,493 40,563 Standard Pipe 650 2,010 1,143 3,413 Oil Country Goods 31,453 51,175 48,375 74,479 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 54,175 80,501 53,412 77,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,528 5,174 1,347 4,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 44 47 65 103 Mechanical Tubing 7,705 17,481 10,869 26,044 Pressure Tubing 1,648 6,807 2,918 10,900 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 593 2,623 280 1,177 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,933 4,258 3,005 5,651 Pipe For Piling 25 92 66 62 Wire Drawn 7,562 11,632 7,574 11,541 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,427 7,073 12,056 11,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,817 9,367 13,074 12,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,537 20,558 14,377 13,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,752 5,381 6,653 7,422 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,101 12,193 10,126 15,693 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 468 262 780 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,359 7,360 2,737 6,669 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 352,256 502,325 Ingots And Steel For Castings 228 793 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,937 32,340 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,844 7,394 Plates Cut Lengths 25,681 46,648 Plates In Coils 13,010 10,062 Rails Standard 350 399 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,135 63,863 Bars - Light Shaped 469 487 Bars - Cold Finished 8,191 15,839 Tool Steel 15,537 40,658 Standard Pipe 1,143 3,413 Oil Country Goods 48,375 74,479 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,412 77,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,347 4,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65 103 Mechanical Tubing 10,869 26,044 Pressure Tubing 2,918 10,900 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 280 1,177 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,005 5,651 Pipe For Piling 66 62 Wire Drawn 7,574 11,541 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,056 11,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,074 12,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,377 13,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,713 7,501 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,600 16,721 Strip - Hot Rolled 262 780 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,669 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2007 January 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 307,829 399,180 354,018 444,346 Ingots And Steel For Castings 739 1,007 1,661 2,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 48,728 35,566 68,065 50,460 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,279 6,680 4,841 3,421 Plates Cut Lengths 20,048 33,555 20,209 32,874 Plates In Coils 11,386 7,041 5,866 4,247 Rails Standard 112 106 1,155 780 Bars - Hot Rolled 42,671 41,280 56,120 53,253 Bars - Light Shaped 541 364 382 286 Bars - Cold Finished 8,620 16,596 9,405 18,712 Tool Steel 10,537 28,515 11,086 32,483 Standard Pipe 1,223 3,685 1,539 3,853 Oil Country Goods 43,459 80,585 47,016 76,937 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 22,195 34,124 17,714 27,120 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 363 435 (-) (-) Line Pipe - Not Specified 75 93 100 109 Mechanical Tubing 9,209 16,789 13,547 25,083 Pressure Tubing 1,622 5,572 2,290 10,175 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 157 860 351 1,336 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,559 3,306 3,675 6,348 Pipe For Piling 54 51 884 795 Wire Drawn 5,935 8,914 7,082 10,582 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,529 11,452 25,550 21,786 Sheets Cold Rolled 22,380 21,949 19,848 18,996 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,371 10,774 21,275 16,671 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,943 8,008 3,959 4,317 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,940 15,947 7,146 13,997 Strip - Hot Rolled 199 117 449 261 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,957 5,807 2,801 6,536 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 February 2008 (CB-08-48)