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 January 2009 December 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,764 582,768 292,558 584,439 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,462 5,958 1,095 3,643 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,742 7,517 4,286 11,535 Wire Rods 1,981 1,426 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 4,812 4,199 3,906 3,702 Plates Cut Lengths 27,812 56,766 27,914 60,515 Plates In Coils 9,811 9,424 6,209 6,773 Rails Standard 1,141 1,419 302 311 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,115 73,550 45,964 56,647 Bars - Light Shaped 473 423 440 438 Bars - Cold Finished 10,202 24,141 6,801 16,276 Tool Steel 7,909 25,881 10,023 34,033 Standard Pipe 3,480 13,210 2,793 9,308 Oil Country Goods 90,854 183,433 95,599 219,670 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,883 10,016 4,918 5,405 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 328 489 1,123 1,851 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,219 2,813 1,637 3,736 Mechanical Tubing 17,414 45,944 18,927 47,984 Pressure Tubing 1,795 13,214 2,004 8,851 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 299 1,523 515 3,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,975 9,329 1,111 2,813 Pipe For Piling 7 7 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 4,702 9,802 5,005 11,134 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,362 19,012 11,882 15,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,355 23,036 10,078 14,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,676 14,391 13,490 13,330 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,824 5,206 3,649 5,171 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,728 14,452 8,823 18,426 Strip - Hot Rolled 185 213 418 948 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,216 5,976 3,648 8,276 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 304,144 604,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,095 3,643 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,302 11,618 Wire Rods (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 3,906 3,702 Plates Cut Lengths 27,914 60,515 Plates In Coils 6,209 6,773 Rails Standard 460 538 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,442 62,133 Bars - Light Shaped 440 438 Bars - Cold Finished 6,801 16,276 Tool Steel 10,736 35,029 Standard Pipe 4,051 12,112 Oil Country Goods 97,853 225,087 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,849 5,323 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,123 1,851 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,637 3,736 Mechanical Tubing 21,384 51,703 Pressure Tubing 2,004 8,851 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 515 3,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,111 2,813 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,005 11,134 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,882 15,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,078 14,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,490 13,330 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,649 5,171 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,073 19,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 948 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,719 8,466 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2008 December 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 352,256 502,325 348,710 472,462 Ingots And Steel For Castings 228 793 16 43 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 30,937 32,340 84,205 67,424 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 7,844 7,394 3,637 3,375 Plates Cut Lengths 25,681 46,648 23,719 41,265 Plates In Coils 13,010 10,062 6,893 4,653 Rails Standard 350 399 2,332 2,243 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,135 63,863 45,207 46,320 Bars - Light Shaped 469 487 247 273 Bars - Cold Finished 8,191 15,839 6,501 14,004 Tool Steel 15,537 40,658 13,926 38,675 Standard Pipe 1,143 3,413 2,920 7,970 Oil Country Goods 48,375 74,479 31,563 49,888 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 53,412 77,027 51,459 75,015 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,347 4,753 2,738 6,441 Line Pipe - Not Specified 65 103 21 31 Mechanical Tubing 10,869 26,044 9,376 22,956 Pressure Tubing 2,918 10,900 2,626 14,603 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 280 1,177 296 1,192 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,005 5,651 1,860 5,001 Pipe For Piling 66 62 26 25 Wire Drawn 7,574 11,541 7,284 10,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,056 11,094 11,284 10,322 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,074 12,798 11,442 11,229 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,377 13,129 13,055 12,395 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,713 7,501 4,021 4,025 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,600 16,721 6,502 12,951 Strip - Hot Rolled 262 780 118 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,737 6,669 5,437 9,375 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 January 2009 (CB-09-26)