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 June 2008 May 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 382,991 614,136 329,727 517,238 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 608 247 382 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,939 65,120 18,952 26,967 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,690 9,904 6,242 5,901 Plates Cut Lengths 44,054 83,419 35,407 68,837 Plates In Coils 8,995 9,691 18,065 17,165 Rails Standard 501 535 4,887 2,794 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,794 69,589 48,934 55,225 Bars - Light Shaped 1,039 1,092 785 800 Bars - Cold Finished 7,479 16,472 4,285 9,267 Tool Steel 11,703 40,947 12,520 40,415 Standard Pipe 2,907 9,027 1,720 4,573 Oil Country Goods 63,149 105,152 42,954 75,821 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 35,406 62,239 50,539 76,605 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 899 1,526 1,074 1,624 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137 356 48 50 Mechanical Tubing 13,987 31,332 10,655 25,723 Pressure Tubing 2,247 10,226 2,778 12,834 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 264 1,833 667 3,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,613 7,551 3,471 7,469 Pipe For Piling 66 77 84 88 Wire Drawn 6,583 12,950 7,901 13,891 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,198 17,131 12,701 12,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,969 12,184 14,230 14,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,445 18,790 18,433 17,041 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,418 6,548 3,855 5,244 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,268 13,361 5,337 11,262 Strip - Hot Rolled 564 1,016 433 824 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 5,461 2,523 6,296 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,651 525,376 Ingots And Steel For Castings 247 382 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,952 26,967 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,242 5,901 Plates Cut Lengths 35,565 69,456 Plates In Coils 18,150 17,249 Rails Standard 4,887 2,794 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,256 55,869 Bars - Light Shaped 785 800 Bars - Cold Finished 4,286 9,283 Tool Steel 12,755 40,832 Standard Pipe 1,720 4,573 Oil Country Goods 44,625 79,805 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,810 76,996 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,826 2,750 Line Pipe - Not Specified 48 50 Mechanical Tubing 10,677 25,769 Pressure Tubing 2,778 12,834 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 667 3,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,755 8,114 Pipe For Piling 84 88 Wire Drawn 7,903 13,909 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,701 12,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,230 14,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,510 17,091 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,893 5,290 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,337 11,262 Strip - Hot Rolled 433 824 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,528 6,349 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2007 May 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 418,719 524,007 368,360 496,517 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,908 3,107 3,499 4,728 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 66,998 47,549 6,417 5,816 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,129 5,308 8,361 7,301 Plates Cut Lengths 41,665 58,697 30,444 50,845 Plates In Coils 11,871 8,272 9,917 6,535 Rails Standard 8,081 5,454 2,021 1,565 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,464 54,507 52,214 45,962 Bars - Light Shaped 1,648 1,972 428 399 Bars - Cold Finished 7,966 15,270 7,572 14,932 Tool Steel 10,087 29,065 12,326 33,488 Standard Pipe 2,533 7,570 1,539 3,777 Oil Country Goods 36,574 55,551 61,127 87,787 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 55,591 72,203 64,144 86,576 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,200 8,929 181 717 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,101 1,616 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,785 31,124 13,827 29,487 Pressure Tubing 3,684 12,948 3,243 12,690 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 384 2,289 465 2,586 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,127 6,341 2,282 5,350 Pipe For Piling 111 107 249 218 Wire Drawn 7,882 11,355 7,350 10,838 Sheets Hot Rolled 24,420 21,070 22,747 19,427 Sheets Cold Rolled 23,088 21,238 23,259 21,632 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 9,344 8,633 13,528 11,545 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,434 6,059 6,820 6,680 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,503 20,598 10,126 17,148 Strip - Hot Rolled 486 535 242 156 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,657 6,639 4,033 8,332 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 June 2008 (CB-08-110)