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 March 2008 February 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 376,188 562,289 326,905 468,490 Ingots And Steel For Castings 301 552 162 139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,202 39,195 55,429 57,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,395 1,229 6,327 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 49,114 90,485 28,824 59,014 Plates In Coils 9,114 7,671 4,904 3,617 Rails Standard 3,049 3,314 2,561 2,387 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,261 58,003 49,406 49,670 Bars - Light Shaped 465 381 716 591 Bars - Cold Finished 5,648 12,130 4,953 10,413 Tool Steel 13,088 42,243 12,009 34,921 Standard Pipe 2,465 6,897 650 2,010 Oil Country Goods 61,359 95,722 31,453 51,175 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 56,591 79,283 54,175 80,501 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,702 3,474 2,528 5,174 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12 29 44 47 Mechanical Tubing 12,435 28,549 7,705 17,481 Pressure Tubing 1,748 9,023 1,648 6,807 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 540 2,774 593 2,623 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,360 5,439 2,933 4,258 Pipe For Piling 44 110 25 92 Wire Drawn 7,799 12,792 7,562 11,632 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,341 7,951 7,427 7,073 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,910 12,351 8,817 9,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,503 14,417 22,537 20,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,828 6,015 4,752 5,381 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,598 16,069 5,101 12,193 Strip - Hot Rolled 382 798 305 468 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,933 5,394 3,359 7,360 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 335,141 495,919 Ingots And Steel For Castings 162 139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,429 57,742 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,327 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 28,892 59,130 Plates In Coils 4,904 3,617 Rails Standard 2,561 2,387 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,872 50,280 Bars - Light Shaped 716 591 Bars - Cold Finished 4,953 10,413 Tool Steel 12,528 35,679 Standard Pipe 650 2,010 Oil Country Goods 31,453 51,175 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 54,969 81,136 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,564 5,245 Line Pipe - Not Specified 44 47 Mechanical Tubing 7,734 17,558 Pressure Tubing 7,620 31,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 598 2,635 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,978 4,303 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,573 11,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,427 7,073 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,817 9,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,537 20,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,889 5,559 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,276 12,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 468 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,362 7,363 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2007 February 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,085 485,658 307,829 399,180 Ingots And Steel For Castings 650 1,218 739 1,007 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,378 23,042 48,728 35,566 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,707 4,952 8,279 6,680 Plates Cut Lengths 35,928 52,227 20,048 33,555 Plates In Coils 5,511 3,760 11,386 7,041 Rails Standard 4,775 3,677 112 106 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,785 56,811 42,671 41,280 Bars - Light Shaped 276 228 541 364 Bars - Cold Finished 6,281 14,216 8,620 16,596 Tool Steel 13,032 34,577 10,537 28,515 Standard Pipe 1,637 4,057 1,223 3,685 Oil Country Goods 51,861 88,375 43,459 80,585 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 44,825 59,792 22,195 34,124 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 49 102 363 435 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 105 75 93 Mechanical Tubing 13,093 25,289 9,209 16,789 Pressure Tubing 3,103 12,128 1,622 5,572 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 442 1,785 157 860 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,611 6,743 1,559 3,306 Pipe For Piling 33 28 54 51 Wire Drawn 7,396 11,151 5,935 8,914 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,065 13,671 14,529 11,452 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,127 21,505 22,380 21,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,561 11,924 13,371 10,774 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,277 8,895 7,943 8,008 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,648 17,746 8,940 15,947 Strip - Hot Rolled 689 430 199 117 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,327 7,225 2,957 5,807 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 March 2008 (CB-08-62)