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 August 2008 July 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,872 553,394 346,880 602,215 Ingots And Steel For Castings 268 753 86 160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,197 29,412 28,662 37,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,081 1,294 4,313 4,969 Plates Cut Lengths 34,875 72,671 30,673 66,679 Plates In Coils 5,757 6,552 4,776 5,759 Rails Standard 450 633 2,026 1,484 Bars - Hot Rolled 113,660 126,866 49,025 63,316 Bars - Light Shaped 390 471 646 735 Bars - Cold Finished 4,747 11,910 7,618 16,671 Tool Steel 9,704 31,171 12,294 42,258 Standard Pipe 1,080 3,243 2,040 6,877 Oil Country Goods 62,907 114,085 67,798 126,625 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,850 21,798 37,591 60,891 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,127 2,319 1,583 2,646 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,297 23,304 14,422 33,233 Pressure Tubing 1,973 10,264 3,117 21,979 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 399 2,506 348 1,652 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,359 7,116 2,275 6,765 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 71 97 Wire Drawn 7,017 14,664 8,151 15,563 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,796 11,372 14,929 17,119 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,767 18,335 10,998 12,324 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,339 13,584 24,085 22,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,649 7,584 4,200 5,908 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,863 13,521 11,715 18,501 Strip - Hot Rolled 303 631 363 880 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,017 7,337 3,076 8,264 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,233 638,805 Ingots And Steel For Castings 86 160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,662 37,868 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,324 4,984 Plates Cut Lengths 30,673 66,679 Plates In Coils 4,776 5,759 Rails Standard 2,026 1,484 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,732 93,195 Bars - Light Shaped 646 735 Bars - Cold Finished 7,618 16,671 Tool Steel 12,294 42,258 Standard Pipe 2,040 6,877 Oil Country Goods 70,060 131,914 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,591 60,891 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,728 4,215 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,432 33,243 Pressure Tubing 3,108 21,238 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,652 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,277 6,778 Pipe For Piling 71 97 Wire Drawn 8,158 15,579 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,929 17,119 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,072 12,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,085 22,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,200 5,908 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,859 18,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 363 880 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,076 8,264 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2007 July 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,054 456,380 374,703 491,349 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,352 1,829 702 985 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 39,770 36,267 34,310 27,218 Structural Shapes Heavy 10,969 8,385 946 753 Plates Cut Lengths 31,102 54,123 37,703 53,246 Plates In Coils 11,438 8,113 16,827 12,465 Rails Standard 7,105 5,593 1,183 950 Bars - Hot Rolled 51,722 50,585 56,416 54,363 Bars - Light Shaped 768 588 147 130 Bars - Cold Finished 8,828 13,874 4,542 9,609 Tool Steel 10,526 30,720 11,731 31,905 Standard Pipe 2,511 6,343 1,067 4,354 Oil Country Goods 37,536 54,567 49,785 76,980 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,772 57,475 65,459 90,218 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 122 332 68 680 Line Pipe - Not Specified 8 10 731 711 Mechanical Tubing 10,918 23,367 11,387 22,768 Pressure Tubing 2,827 10,721 2,550 8,764 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 1,110 265 1,567 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,786 7,658 2,759 8,157 Pipe For Piling 90 92 90 84 Wire Drawn 7,714 11,572 8,707 13,164 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,737 16,155 23,804 21,260 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,907 12,979 18,829 17,126 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,893 13,631 8,501 7,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,646 8,472 7,509 7,952 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,595 14,484 6,217 11,375 Strip - Hot Rolled 100 78 288 344 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,113 7,257 2,178 6,274 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 August 2008 (CB-08-141)