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 April 2008 March 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 393,303 584,799 376,188 562,289 Ingots And Steel For Castings 404 592 301 552 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 27,053 31,669 38,202 39,195 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,109 10,365 1,395 1,229 Plates Cut Lengths 33,979 66,918 49,114 90,485 Plates In Coils 23,577 18,288 9,114 7,671 Rails Standard 1,687 1,654 3,049 3,314 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,674 59,758 53,261 58,003 Bars - Light Shaped 508 422 465 381 Bars - Cold Finished 12,205 20,727 5,648 12,130 Tool Steel 15,027 43,900 13,088 42,243 Standard Pipe 682 2,175 2,465 6,897 Oil Country Goods 43,176 75,139 61,359 95,722 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 73,645 109,733 56,591 79,283 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 695 1,587 1,702 3,474 Line Pipe - Not Specified 88 121 12 29 Mechanical Tubing 13,070 29,687 12,435 28,549 Pressure Tubing 2,656 13,472 1,748 9,023 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 599 2,696 540 2,774 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,660 6,235 2,360 5,439 Pipe For Piling 257 238 44 110 Wire Drawn 8,599 13,115 7,799 12,792 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,800 14,812 8,341 7,951 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,219 10,349 11,910 12,351 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,420 18,155 15,503 14,417 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,534 8,688 5,828 6,015 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,381 15,948 10,598 16,069 Strip - Hot Rolled 728 1,317 382 798 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,870 7,042 2,933 5,394 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,240 573,314 Ingots And Steel For Castings 312 577 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,375 39,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,468 1,291 Plates Cut Lengths 49,209 90,640 Plates In Coils 9,114 7,671 Rails Standard 3,157 3,378 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,995 60,933 Bars - Light Shaped 487 402 Bars - Cold Finished 5,791 12,473 Tool Steel 13,998 43,870 Standard Pipe 2,655 7,331 Oil Country Goods 62,347 97,203 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 56,686 79,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,108 4,189 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12 29 Mechanical Tubing 12,807 29,329 Pressure Tubing 1,799 9,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 582 2,881 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,423 5,552 Pipe For Piling 19 18 Wire Drawn 7,919 12,936 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,341 7,951 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,951 12,389 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,570 14,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,905 6,106 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,927 17,295 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,980 5,446 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2007 March 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 430,728 537,744 361,085 485,658 Ingots And Steel For Castings 757 1,714 650 1,218 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 99,472 69,122 26,378 23,042 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,314 3,638 5,707 4,952 Plates Cut Lengths 27,270 41,633 35,928 52,227 Plates In Coils 6,162 4,203 5,511 3,760 Rails Standard 2,410 2,290 4,775 3,677 Bars - Hot Rolled 58,080 55,012 59,785 56,811 Bars - Light Shaped 499 390 276 228 Bars - Cold Finished 11,768 17,134 6,281 14,216 Tool Steel 14,073 34,457 13,032 34,577 Standard Pipe 1,300 3,190 1,637 4,057 Oil Country Goods 40,040 82,597 51,861 88,375 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,250 88,533 44,825 59,792 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 152 383 49 102 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3 3 17 105 Mechanical Tubing 11,092 21,914 13,093 25,289 Pressure Tubing 2,380 12,625 3,103 12,128 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 374 2,298 442 1,785 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,882 6,516 4,611 6,743 Pipe For Piling 57 48 33 28 Wire Drawn 8,073 11,947 7,396 11,151 Sheets Hot Rolled 19,963 17,084 17,065 13,671 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,264 16,606 24,127 21,505 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,580 14,441 14,561 11,924 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,864 4,734 7,277 8,895 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,091 15,693 8,648 17,746 Strip - Hot Rolled 632 359 689 430 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,922 9,178 3,327 7,225 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 April 2008 (CB-08-81)