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 April 2009 March 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 196,910 353,136 228,765 424,932 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,391 4,612 900 3,156 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,331 5,588 7,558 10,559 Wire Rods 2,881 2,074 2,688 1,985 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,225 1,776 3,880 3,194 Plates Cut Lengths 13,727 33,876 17,483 41,607 Plates In Coils 6,052 6,448 3,311 2,932 Rails Standard 2,017 1,956 1,765 1,678 Bars - Hot Rolled 17,512 21,250 22,261 27,755 Bars - Light Shaped 366 431 285 220 Bars - Cold Finished 4,949 9,225 4,705 12,706 Tool Steel 3,291 12,613 5,767 18,444 Standard Pipe 1,904 7,544 2,924 7,706 Oil Country Goods 35,685 85,884 68,530 144,365 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 39,992 60,070 11,743 22,511 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 309 1,772 2,317 7,983 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 43 80 Mechanical Tubing 10,000 31,773 10,386 29,392 Pressure Tubing 2,088 10,885 1,891 12,618 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 136 640 196 718 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,559 3,685 1,327 2,560 Pipe For Piling 16 22 2 2 Wire Drawn 2,567 4,867 3,825 6,817 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,003 11,902 17,884 16,668 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,497 8,616 12,867 15,023 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 10,315 9,579 11,988 13,014 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,096 3,779 2,535 3,951 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,929 7,901 7,997 12,790 Strip - Hot Rolled 780 1,083 213 762 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,294 3,288 1,496 3,735 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 228,762 425,021 Ingots And Steel For Castings 900 3,156 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,558 10,559 Wire Rods 2,688 1,985 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,880 3,194 Plates Cut Lengths 17,484 41,611 Plates In Coils 3,311 2,932 Rails Standard 1,765 1,678 Bars - Hot Rolled 22,261 27,755 Bars - Light Shaped 285 220 Bars - Cold Finished 4,710 12,785 Tool Steel 5,768 18,450 Standard Pipe 2,924 7,706 Oil Country Goods 68,520 144,353 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,743 22,511 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,317 7,983 Line Pipe - Not Specified 43 80 Mechanical Tubing 10,387 29,404 Pressure Tubing 1,891 12,618 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 196 718 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,327 2,560 Pipe For Piling 2 2 Wire Drawn 3,825 6,817 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,884 16,668 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,867 15,023 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,988 13,014 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,535 3,951 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,997 12,790 Strip - Hot Rolled 213 762 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,496 3,735 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2008 March 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 395,723 588,788 383,240 573,314 Ingots And Steel For Castings 404 592 312 577 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 27,053 31,669 38,375 39,434 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 11,109 10,365 1,468 1,291 Plates Cut Lengths 33,979 66,918 49,209 90,640 Plates In Coils 23,577 18,288 9,114 7,671 Rails Standard 1,687 1,654 3,157 3,378 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,674 59,758 55,995 60,933 Bars - Light Shaped 508 422 487 402 Bars - Cold Finished 12,205 20,727 5,791 12,473 Tool Steel 15,027 43,900 13,998 43,870 Standard Pipe 682 2,175 2,655 7,331 Oil Country Goods 45,367 78,338 62,347 97,203 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 73,645 109,733 56,686 79,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 695 1,587 2,108 4,189 Line Pipe - Not Specified 88 121 12 29 Mechanical Tubing 13,070 29,687 12,807 29,329 Pressure Tubing 2,656 13,472 1,799 9,442 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 599 2,696 582 2,881 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,660 6,235 2,423 5,552 Pipe For Piling 257 238 19 18 Wire Drawn 8,623 13,308 7,919 12,936 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,800 14,812 8,341 7,951 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,219 10,349 11,951 12,389 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 19,420 18,155 15,570 14,471 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,608 8,798 5,905 6,106 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,512 16,434 10,927 17,295 Strip - Hot Rolled 728 1,317 305 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,870 7,042 2,980 5,446 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 April 2009 (CB-09-78)