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 May 2008 April 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 329,727 517,238 393,303 584,799 Ingots And Steel For Castings 247 382 404 592 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,952 26,967 27,053 31,669 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,242 5,901 11,109 10,365 Plates Cut Lengths 35,407 68,837 33,979 66,918 Plates In Coils 18,065 17,165 23,577 18,288 Rails Standard 4,887 2,794 1,687 1,654 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,934 55,225 55,674 59,758 Bars - Light Shaped 785 800 508 422 Bars - Cold Finished 4,285 9,267 12,205 20,727 Tool Steel 12,520 40,415 15,027 43,900 Standard Pipe 1,720 4,573 682 2,175 Oil Country Goods 42,954 75,821 43,176 75,139 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,539 76,605 73,645 109,733 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,074 1,624 695 1,587 Line Pipe - Not Specified 48 50 88 121 Mechanical Tubing 10,655 25,723 13,070 29,687 Pressure Tubing 2,778 12,834 2,656 13,472 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 667 3,141 599 2,696 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,471 7,469 2,660 6,235 Pipe For Piling 84 88 257 238 Wire Drawn 7,901 13,891 8,599 13,115 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,701 12,898 17,800 14,812 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,230 14,099 9,219 10,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,433 17,041 19,420 18,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,855 5,244 6,534 8,688 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,337 11,262 9,381 15,948 Strip - Hot Rolled 433 824 728 1,317 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,523 6,296 2,870 7,042 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 395,723 588,788 Ingots And Steel For Castings 404 592 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 27,053 31,669 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,109 10,365 Plates Cut Lengths 33,979 66,918 Plates In Coils 23,577 18,288 Rails Standard 1,687 1,654 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,674 59,758 Bars - Light Shaped 508 422 Bars - Cold Finished 12,205 20,727 Tool Steel 15,027 43,900 Standard Pipe 682 2,175 Oil Country Goods 45,367 78,338 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 73,645 109,733 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 695 1,587 Line Pipe - Not Specified 88 121 Mechanical Tubing 13,070 29,687 Pressure Tubing 2,656 13,472 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 599 2,696 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,660 6,235 Pipe For Piling 257 238 Wire Drawn 8,623 13,308 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,800 14,812 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,219 10,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,420 18,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,608 8,798 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,512 16,434 Strip - Hot Rolled 728 1,317 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,870 7,042 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2007 April 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 368,360 496,517 430,728 537,744 Ingots And Steel For Castings 3,499 4,728 757 1,714 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,417 5,816 99,472 69,122 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,361 7,301 4,314 3,638 Plates Cut Lengths 30,444 50,845 27,270 41,633 Plates In Coils 9,917 6,535 6,162 4,203 Rails Standard 2,021 1,565 2,410 2,290 Bars - Hot Rolled 52,214 45,962 58,080 55,012 Bars - Light Shaped 428 399 499 390 Bars - Cold Finished 7,572 14,932 11,768 17,134 Tool Steel 12,326 33,488 14,073 34,457 Standard Pipe 1,539 3,777 1,300 3,190 Oil Country Goods 61,127 87,787 40,040 82,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 64,144 86,576 65,250 88,533 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 181 717 152 383 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 3 3 Mechanical Tubing 13,827 29,487 11,092 21,914 Pressure Tubing 3,243 12,690 2,380 12,625 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 465 2,586 374 2,298 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,282 5,350 3,882 6,516 Pipe For Piling 249 218 57 48 Wire Drawn 7,350 10,838 8,073 11,947 Sheets Hot Rolled 22,747 19,427 19,963 17,084 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,259 21,632 17,264 16,606 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,528 11,545 18,580 14,441 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,820 6,680 3,864 4,734 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,126 17,148 8,091 15,693 Strip - Hot Rolled 242 156 632 359 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,033 8,332 4,922 9,178 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 May 2008 (CB-08-94)