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 July 2008 June 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,880 602,215 382,991 614,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 86 160 334 608 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,662 37,868 51,939 65,120 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,313 4,969 8,690 9,904 Plates Cut Lengths 30,673 66,679 44,054 83,419 Plates In Coils 4,776 5,759 8,995 9,691 Rails Standard 2,026 1,484 501 535 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,025 63,316 56,794 69,589 Bars - Light Shaped 646 735 1,039 1,092 Bars - Cold Finished 7,618 16,671 7,479 16,472 Tool Steel 12,294 42,258 11,703 40,947 Standard Pipe 2,040 6,877 2,907 9,027 Oil Country Goods 67,798 126,625 63,149 105,152 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,591 60,891 35,406 62,239 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,583 2,646 899 1,526 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 137 356 Mechanical Tubing 14,422 33,233 13,987 31,332 Pressure Tubing 3,117 21,979 2,247 10,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,652 264 1,833 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,275 6,765 3,613 7,551 Pipe For Piling 71 97 66 77 Wire Drawn 8,151 15,563 6,583 12,950 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,929 17,119 16,198 17,131 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,998 12,324 10,969 12,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,085 22,994 20,445 18,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,200 5,908 4,418 6,548 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,715 18,501 7,268 13,361 Strip - Hot Rolled 363 880 564 1,016 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,076 8,264 2,342 5,461 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 414,624 646,524 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 608 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,939 65,120 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,690 9,904 Plates Cut Lengths 44,054 83,419 Plates In Coils 8,995 9,691 Rails Standard 501 535 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,128 87,210 Bars - Light Shaped 1,039 1,092 Bars - Cold Finished 7,479 16,472 Tool Steel 11,703 40,947 Standard Pipe 2,907 9,027 Oil Country Goods 63,149 105,152 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,647 76,923 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 899 1,526 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137 356 Mechanical Tubing 13,987 31,332 Pressure Tubing 2,247 10,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 264 1,833 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,613 7,551 Pipe For Piling 66 77 Wire Drawn 6,583 12,950 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,198 17,131 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,969 12,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,445 18,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,476 6,631 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,268 13,361 Strip - Hot Rolled 564 1,016 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 5,461 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2007 June 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 374,703 491,349 418,719 524,007 Ingots And Steel For Castings 702 985 1,908 3,107 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,310 27,218 66,998 47,549 Structural Shapes Heavy 946 753 6,129 5,308 Plates Cut Lengths 37,703 53,246 41,665 58,697 Plates In Coils 16,827 12,465 11,871 8,272 Rails Standard 1,183 950 8,081 5,454 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,416 54,363 53,464 54,507 Bars - Light Shaped 147 130 1,648 1,972 Bars - Cold Finished 4,542 9,609 7,966 15,270 Tool Steel 11,731 31,905 10,087 29,065 Standard Pipe 1,067 4,354 2,533 7,570 Oil Country Goods 49,785 76,980 36,574 55,551 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 65,459 90,218 55,591 72,203 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 68 680 5,200 8,929 Line Pipe - Not Specified 731 711 2,101 1,616 Mechanical Tubing 11,387 22,768 14,785 31,124 Pressure Tubing 2,550 8,764 3,684 12,948 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 265 1,567 384 2,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,759 8,157 3,127 6,341 Pipe For Piling 90 84 111 107 Wire Drawn 8,707 13,164 7,882 11,355 Sheets Hot Rolled 23,804 21,260 24,420 21,070 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,829 17,126 23,088 21,238 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,501 7,949 9,344 8,633 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 7,509 7,952 5,434 6,059 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,217 11,375 11,503 20,598 Strip - Hot Rolled 288 344 486 535 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,178 6,274 2,657 6,639 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 July 2008 (CB-08-127)