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 September 2008 August 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 359,536 597,268 346,872 553,394 Ingots And Steel For Castings 417 623 268 753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,780 45,658 18,197 29,412 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,507 5,101 1,081 1,294 Plates Cut Lengths 26,900 52,995 34,875 72,671 Plates In Coils 6,690 8,153 5,757 6,552 Rails Standard 2,670 1,814 450 633 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,633 83,775 113,660 126,866 Bars - Light Shaped 713 909 390 471 Bars - Cold Finished 5,827 14,187 4,747 11,910 Tool Steel 11,770 36,713 9,704 31,171 Standard Pipe 2,343 6,453 1,080 3,243 Oil Country Goods 81,865 159,984 62,907 114,085 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,171 33,596 13,850 21,798 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 905 1,674 1,127 2,319 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3 16 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,748 31,849 9,297 23,304 Pressure Tubing 1,590 6,675 1,973 10,264 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 435 2,105 399 2,506 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,970 8,195 3,359 7,116 Pipe For Piling 28 38 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,534 13,755 7,017 14,664 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,536 13,440 10,796 11,372 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,834 16,639 14,767 18,335 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,752 20,529 14,339 13,584 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,189 8,751 5,649 7,584 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,955 17,275 7,863 13,521 Strip - Hot Rolled 331 770 303 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,439 5,596 3,017 7,337 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 369,424 593,246 Ingots And Steel For Castings 268 753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,197 29,412 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,639 8,289 Plates Cut Lengths 35,882 73,883 Plates In Coils 8,967 9,121 Rails Standard 549 722 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,335 127,770 Bars - Light Shaped 431 531 Bars - Cold Finished 4,747 11,910 Tool Steel 9,804 31,467 Standard Pipe 1,080 3,243 Oil Country Goods 66,419 123,515 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,694 33,391 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,141 2,367 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,367 23,758 Pressure Tubing 1,973 10,264 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 404 2,523 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,410 7,320 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,141 14,855 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,518 14,409 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,045 18,543 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,482 13,732 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,677 7,622 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,675 15,505 Strip - Hot Rolled 303 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,276 7,711 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2007 August 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 276,163 367,920 346,054 456,380 Ingots And Steel For Castings 401 479 1,352 1,829 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,654 7,715 39,770 36,267 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,296 4,756 10,969 8,385 Plates Cut Lengths 37,010 49,622 31,102 54,123 Plates In Coils 9,245 6,378 11,438 8,113 Rails Standard 317 246 7,105 5,593 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,402 51,329 51,722 50,585 Bars - Light Shaped 449 369 768 588 Bars - Cold Finished 4,533 10,799 8,828 13,874 Tool Steel 9,379 26,824 10,526 30,720 Standard Pipe 729 2,398 2,511 6,343 Oil Country Goods 33,756 52,559 37,536 54,567 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,682 44,907 39,772 57,475 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 282 700 122 332 Line Pipe - Not Specified 149 163 8 10 Mechanical Tubing 7,578 18,358 10,918 23,367 Pressure Tubing 1,919 7,687 2,827 10,721 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 484 2,704 201 1,110 Structural Pipe & Tube 922 3,183 3,786 7,658 Pipe For Piling 115 111 90 92 Wire Drawn 6,550 10,402 7,714 11,572 Sheets Hot Rolled 21,131 18,186 17,737 16,155 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,030 12,508 13,907 12,979 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,980 12,143 14,893 13,631 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,182 6,459 8,646 8,472 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,991 10,291 8,595 14,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 101 135 100 78 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,895 6,510 3,113 7,257 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 September 2008 (CB-08-158)