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 March 2009 February 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 228,765 424,932 245,202 455,454 Ingots And Steel For Castings 900 3,156 725 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,558 10,559 1,222 5,042 Wire Rods 2,688 1,985 3,783 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,880 3,194 11,203 10,375 Plates Cut Lengths 17,483 41,607 22,039 51,249 Plates In Coils 3,311 2,932 6,907 5,735 Rails Standard 1,765 1,678 303 266 Bars - Hot Rolled 22,261 27,755 40,894 48,580 Bars - Light Shaped 285 220 925 778 Bars - Cold Finished 4,705 12,706 11,043 19,730 Tool Steel 5,767 18,444 6,516 22,348 Standard Pipe 2,924 7,706 666 2,550 Oil Country Goods 68,530 144,365 68,286 157,096 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,743 22,511 4,463 10,627 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,317 7,983 70 120 Line Pipe - Not Specified 43 80 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,386 29,392 8,686 25,243 Pressure Tubing 1,891 12,618 2,394 14,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 196 718 291 1,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,327 2,560 3,309 5,254 Pipe For Piling 2 2 7 10 Wire Drawn 3,825 6,817 2,930 6,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,884 16,668 10,341 10,833 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,867 15,023 10,600 13,406 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,988 13,014 12,909 13,472 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,535 3,951 1,724 2,605 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,997 12,790 11,019 18,202 Strip - Hot Rolled 213 762 249 549 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,496 3,735 1,700 4,496 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 246,828 458,155 Ingots And Steel For Castings 725 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,222 5,042 Wire Rods 3,783 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,211 10,382 Plates Cut Lengths 22,039 51,249 Plates In Coils 6,907 5,735 Rails Standard 317 280 Bars - Hot Rolled 41,469 49,229 Bars - Light Shaped 925 778 Bars - Cold Finished 11,068 19,792 Tool Steel 7,036 23,278 Standard Pipe 666 2,550 Oil Country Goods 68,678 157,851 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,463 10,627 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 70 120 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 8,706 25,275 Pressure Tubing 2,394 14,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 291 1,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,336 5,337 Pipe For Piling 7 10 Wire Drawn 2,930 6,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,381 10,987 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,605 13,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,909 13,472 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,724 2,605 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,019 18,202 Strip - Hot Rolled 249 549 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,700 4,496 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2008 February 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 383,240 573,314 335,141 495,919 Ingots And Steel For Castings 312 577 162 139 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,375 39,434 55,429 57,742 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 1,468 1,291 6,327 5,797 Plates Cut Lengths 49,209 90,640 28,892 59,130 Plates In Coils 9,114 7,671 4,904 3,617 Rails Standard 3,157 3,378 2,561 2,387 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,995 60,933 49,872 50,280 Bars - Light Shaped 487 402 716 591 Bars - Cold Finished 5,791 12,473 4,953 10,413 Tool Steel 13,998 43,870 12,528 35,679 Standard Pipe 2,655 7,331 650 2,010 Oil Country Goods 62,347 97,203 31,453 51,175 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 56,686 79,483 54,969 81,136 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,108 4,189 2,564 5,245 Line Pipe - Not Specified 12 29 44 47 Mechanical Tubing 12,807 29,329 7,734 17,558 Pressure Tubing 1,799 9,442 7,620 31,147 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 582 2,881 598 2,635 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,423 5,552 2,978 4,303 Pipe For Piling 19 18 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 7,919 12,936 7,573 11,645 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,341 7,951 7,427 7,073 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,951 12,389 8,817 9,367 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,570 14,471 22,537 20,558 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,905 6,106 4,889 5,559 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,927 17,295 5,276 12,853 Strip - Hot Rolled 305 593 305 468 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,980 5,446 3,362 7,363 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 March 2009 (CB-09-63)