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 February 2009 January 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 245,202 455,454 330,764 582,768 Ingots And Steel For Castings 725 2,130 1,462 5,958 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,222 5,042 2,742 7,517 Wire Rods 3,783 2,760 1,981 1,426 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,203 10,375 4,812 4,199 Plates Cut Lengths 22,039 51,249 27,812 56,766 Plates In Coils 6,907 5,735 9,811 9,424 Rails Standard 303 266 1,141 1,419 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,894 48,580 70,115 73,550 Bars - Light Shaped 925 778 473 423 Bars - Cold Finished 11,043 19,730 10,202 24,141 Tool Steel 6,516 22,348 7,909 25,881 Standard Pipe 666 2,550 3,480 13,210 Oil Country Goods 68,286 157,096 90,854 183,433 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,463 10,627 5,883 10,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 70 120 328 489 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 1,219 2,813 Mechanical Tubing 8,686 25,243 17,414 45,944 Pressure Tubing 2,394 14,419 1,795 13,214 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 291 1,378 299 1,523 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,309 5,254 4,975 9,329 Pipe For Piling 7 10 7 7 Wire Drawn 2,930 6,202 4,702 9,802 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,341 10,833 14,362 19,012 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,600 13,406 19,355 23,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,909 13,472 13,676 14,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,724 2,605 3,824 5,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,019 18,202 7,728 14,452 Strip - Hot Rolled 249 549 185 213 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,700 4,496 2,216 5,976 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,047 594,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,462 5,958 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,742 7,517 Wire Rods 1,981 1,426 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,812 4,199 Plates Cut Lengths 27,826 56,777 Plates In Coils 9,811 9,424 Rails Standard 1,160 1,465 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,214 73,694 Bars - Light Shaped 473 423 Bars - Cold Finished 10,202 24,141 Tool Steel 8,387 26,781 Standard Pipe 3,499 13,275 Oil Country Goods 92,929 190,692 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,883 10,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 328 489 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,219 2,813 Mechanical Tubing 17,839 46,960 Pressure Tubing 1,795 13,214 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 300 1,544 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,975 9,329 Pipe For Piling 47 1,573 Wire Drawn 4,707 9,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,362 19,012 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,355 23,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,676 14,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,824 5,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,748 14,475 Strip - Hot Rolled 272 493 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,218 6,069 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2008 January 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 335,141 495,919 352,256 502,325 Ingots And Steel For Castings 162 139 228 793 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 55,429 57,742 30,937 32,340 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 6,327 5,797 7,844 7,394 Plates Cut Lengths 28,892 59,130 25,681 46,648 Plates In Coils 4,904 3,617 13,010 10,062 Rails Standard 2,561 2,387 350 399 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,872 50,280 60,135 63,863 Bars - Light Shaped 716 591 469 487 Bars - Cold Finished 4,953 10,413 8,191 15,839 Tool Steel 12,528 35,679 15,537 40,658 Standard Pipe 650 2,010 1,143 3,413 Oil Country Goods 31,453 51,175 48,375 74,479 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 54,969 81,136 53,412 77,027 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,564 5,245 1,347 4,753 Line Pipe - Not Specified 44 47 65 103 Mechanical Tubing 7,734 17,558 10,869 26,044 Pressure Tubing 7,620 31,147 2,918 10,900 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 598 2,635 280 1,177 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,978 4,303 3,005 5,651 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 66 62 Wire Drawn 7,573 11,645 7,574 11,541 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,427 7,073 12,056 11,094 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,817 9,367 13,074 12,798 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,537 20,558 14,377 13,129 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,889 5,559 6,713 7,501 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,276 12,853 11,600 16,721 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 468 262 780 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,362 7,363 2,737 6,669 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 February 2009 (CB-09-46)