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 May 2009 April 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 177,548 289,343 196,910 353,136 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 2,411 1,391 4,612 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,026 4,513 10,331 5,588 Wire Rods 2,067 1,434 2,881 2,074 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,288 2,049 2,225 1,776 Plates Cut Lengths 7,659 16,111 13,727 33,876 Plates In Coils 2,055 1,484 6,052 6,448 Rails Standard 1,687 1,520 2,017 1,956 Bars - Hot Rolled 20,527 21,543 17,512 21,250 Bars - Light Shaped 919 617 366 431 Bars - Cold Finished 1,475 3,731 4,949 9,225 Tool Steel 3,549 10,091 3,291 12,613 Standard Pipe 964 4,348 1,904 7,544 Oil Country Goods 32,761 71,330 35,685 85,884 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,547 64,301 39,992 60,070 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 97 212 309 1,772 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,063 16,918 10,000 31,773 Pressure Tubing 1,325 8,387 2,088 10,885 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,215 4,711 136 640 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,922 1,559 3,685 Pipe For Piling 68 74 16 22 Wire Drawn 3,225 5,670 2,567 4,867 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,120 3,942 11,003 11,902 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,735 9,335 8,497 8,616 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,490 15,465 10,315 9,579 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,698 2,538 2,096 3,779 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,700 9,557 3,929 7,901 Strip - Hot Rolled 749 1,036 780 1,083 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,959 4,095 1,294 3,288 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 194,509 360,884 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,391 4,612 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 6,832 5,286 Wire Rods 2,881 2,074 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,235 1,816 Plates Cut Lengths 13,727 33,876 Plates In Coils 6,052 6,448 Rails Standard 2,017 1,956 Bars - Hot Rolled 17,544 21,441 Bars - Light Shaped 366 431 Bars - Cold Finished 4,950 9,253 Tool Steel 3,291 12,613 Standard Pipe 1,904 7,544 Oil Country Goods 35,733 85,979 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 40,043 60,158 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 475 2,325 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,011 31,793 Pressure Tubing 2,122 11,350 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 136 640 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,238 10,117 Pipe For Piling 16 22 Wire Drawn 2,582 4,888 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,003 11,902 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,497 8,616 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 10,315 9,579 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,096 3,779 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,980 8,015 Strip - Hot Rolled 780 1,083 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,294 3,288 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2008 April 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,651 525,376 395,723 588,788 Ingots And Steel For Castings 247 382 404 592 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,952 26,967 27,053 31,669 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 6,242 5,901 11,109 10,365 Plates Cut Lengths 35,565 69,456 33,979 66,918 Plates In Coils 18,150 17,249 23,577 18,288 Rails Standard 4,887 2,794 1,687 1,654 Bars - Hot Rolled 49,256 55,869 55,674 59,758 Bars - Light Shaped 785 800 508 422 Bars - Cold Finished 4,286 9,283 12,205 20,727 Tool Steel 12,755 40,832 15,027 43,900 Standard Pipe 1,720 4,573 682 2,175 Oil Country Goods 44,625 79,805 45,367 78,338 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,810 76,996 73,645 109,733 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,826 2,750 695 1,587 Line Pipe - Not Specified 48 50 88 121 Mechanical Tubing 10,677 25,769 13,070 29,687 Pressure Tubing 2,778 12,834 2,656 13,472 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 667 3,141 599 2,696 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,755 8,114 2,660 6,235 Pipe For Piling 84 88 257 238 Wire Drawn 7,903 13,909 8,623 13,308 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,701 12,898 17,800 14,812 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,230 14,099 9,219 10,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,510 17,091 19,420 18,155 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,893 5,290 6,608 8,798 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,337 11,262 9,512 16,434 Strip - Hot Rolled 433 824 728 1,317 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,528 6,349 2,870 7,042 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 May 2009 (CB-09-94)