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 December 2008 November 2008 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 292,558 584,439 358,263 657,935 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,095 3,643 832 2,827 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,286 11,535 16,899 23,658 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,906 3,702 7,094 7,207 Plates Cut Lengths 27,914 60,515 33,062 69,041 Plates In Coils 6,209 6,773 14,884 18,565 Rails Standard 302 311 1,479 1,191 Bars - Hot Rolled 45,964 56,647 70,124 92,453 Bars - Light Shaped 440 438 255 353 Bars - Cold Finished 6,801 16,276 5,801 15,610 Tool Steel 10,023 34,033 9,918 33,887 Standard Pipe 2,793 9,308 1,888 7,588 Oil Country Goods 95,599 219,670 94,042 205,262 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,918 5,405 12,651 20,905 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,123 1,851 651 1,237 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,637 3,736 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 18,927 47,984 13,955 35,177 Pressure Tubing 2,004 8,851 2,781 13,914 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 515 3,469 612 2,864 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,111 2,813 2,035 4,799 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 8 8 Wire Drawn 5,005 11,134 5,135 11,427 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,882 15,359 18,962 23,907 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,078 14,837 16,712 20,352 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,490 13,330 12,287 11,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,649 5,171 3,614 5,697 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,823 18,426 9,973 20,970 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 948 287 955 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,648 8,276 2,322 6,541 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2008 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 379,672 693,846 Ingots And Steel For Castings 832 2,827 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,061 23,940 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,375 7,601 Plates Cut Lengths 33,073 69,075 Plates In Coils 14,884 18,565 Rails Standard 1,511 1,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,973 106,469 Bars - Light Shaped 255 353 Bars - Cold Finished 5,949 15,856 Tool Steel 10,420 34,589 Standard Pipe 2,902 9,434 Oil Country Goods 100,959 222,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,651 20,905 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 691 1,321 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 3 Mechanical Tubing 14,005 35,283 Pressure Tubing 2,836 14,081 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 612 2,864 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,035 4,799 Pipe For Piling 8 8 Wire Drawn 5,153 11,531 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,967 23,913 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,792 20,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,306 11,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,614 5,697 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,174 21,181 Strip - Hot Rolled 287 955 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,345 6,775 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2007 November 2007 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 348,710 472,462 392,040 527,210 Ingots And Steel For Castings 16 43 1,084 1,712 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 84,205 67,424 47,140 41,135 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,637 3,375 11,017 10,276 Plates Cut Lengths 23,719 41,265 34,642 50,536 Plates In Coils 6,893 4,653 13,910 9,696 Rails Standard 2,332 2,243 1,271 1,123 Bars - Hot Rolled 45,207 46,320 47,048 47,507 Bars - Light Shaped 247 273 542 392 Bars - Cold Finished 6,501 14,004 8,108 14,836 Tool Steel 13,926 38,675 17,018 43,059 Standard Pipe 2,920 7,970 930 2,253 Oil Country Goods 31,563 49,888 43,548 67,766 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 51,459 75,015 74,496 105,246 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,738 6,441 75 353 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 31 5 4 Mechanical Tubing 9,376 22,956 10,617 22,179 Pressure Tubing 2,626 14,603 2,994 10,652 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 296 1,192 460 2,734 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,860 5,001 2,546 5,808 Pipe For Piling 26 25 8 8 Wire Drawn 7,284 10,645 7,948 12,257 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,284 10,322 15,095 15,404 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,442 11,229 21,722 18,101 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,055 12,395 13,477 12,964 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,021 4,025 3,045 3,797 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,502 12,951 9,869 19,850 Strip - Hot Rolled 118 124 239 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,437 9,375 3,187 7,372 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 December 2008 (CB-09-14)