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 November 2008 October 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 358,263 657,935 415,871 738,869 Ingots And Steel For Castings 832 2,827 576 1,428 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,899 23,658 50,579 68,228 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,094 7,207 7,905 9,109 Plates Cut Lengths 33,062 69,041 28,842 69,893 Plates In Coils 14,884 18,565 8,775 11,530 Rails Standard 1,479 1,191 2,595 2,264 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,124 92,453 101,647 125,020 Bars - Light Shaped 255 353 484 567 Bars - Cold Finished 5,801 15,610 8,854 20,893 Tool Steel 9,918 33,887 10,679 37,293 Standard Pipe 1,888 7,588 1,955 9,822 Oil Country Goods 94,042 205,262 87,430 197,023 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,651 20,905 15,339 25,547 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 651 1,237 728 1,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,955 35,177 16,609 39,052 Pressure Tubing 2,781 13,914 2,414 11,849 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 612 2,864 552 2,150 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,035 4,799 4,416 9,171 Pipe For Piling 8 8 13 12 Wire Drawn 5,135 11,427 6,737 15,064 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,962 23,907 13,148 16,909 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,712 20,352 11,125 14,526 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,287 11,538 16,384 15,571 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,614 5,697 5,004 7,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,973 20,970 9,999 19,245 Strip - Hot Rolled 287 955 252 707 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,322 6,541 2,829 7,023 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,091 798,198 Ingots And Steel For Castings 576 1,428 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 53,003 71,819 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,264 9,457 Plates Cut Lengths 29,195 70,367 Plates In Coils 25,804 26,360 Rails Standard 2,595 2,264 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,738 135,660 Bars - Light Shaped 484 567 Bars - Cold Finished 11,539 25,156 Tool Steel 10,976 38,134 Standard Pipe 2,136 9,887 Oil Country Goods 93,497 214,093 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,268 28,749 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 728 1,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 17,102 40,323 Pressure Tubing 2,514 12,409 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 553 2,152 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,416 9,171 Pipe For Piling 13 12 Wire Drawn 6,789 15,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,343 18,121 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,015 15,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,404 15,592 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,004 7,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,001 19,249 Strip - Hot Rolled 275 744 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,859 7,104 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2007 October 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 392,040 527,210 371,767 479,319 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,084 1,712 154 235 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,140 41,135 93,415 72,183 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,017 10,276 7,384 6,818 Plates Cut Lengths 34,642 50,536 32,923 64,972 Plates In Coils 13,910 9,696 8,254 5,801 Rails Standard 1,271 1,123 6,337 3,920 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,048 47,507 50,750 49,902 Bars - Light Shaped 542 392 780 590 Bars - Cold Finished 8,108 14,836 7,508 14,795 Tool Steel 17,018 43,059 11,716 33,187 Standard Pipe 930 2,253 2,005 5,583 Oil Country Goods 43,548 67,766 28,007 49,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 74,496 105,246 39,070 55,736 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 75 353 577 1,119 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5 4 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,617 22,179 7,628 19,067 Pressure Tubing 2,994 10,652 1,776 7,616 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 460 2,734 529 3,066 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,546 5,808 3,334 6,409 Pipe For Piling 8 8 108 103 Wire Drawn 7,948 12,257 7,007 11,153 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,095 15,404 16,598 14,179 Sheets Cold Rolled 21,722 18,101 12,859 11,597 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,477 12,964 12,886 12,321 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,045 3,797 6,718 7,554 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,869 19,850 8,701 12,537 Strip - Hot Rolled 239 192 334 216 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,187 7,372 4,407 9,630 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 November 2008 (CB-08-186)