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 June 2009 May 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 133,876 230,260 177,548 289,343 Ingots And Steel For Castings 111 408 776 2,411 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,300 2,187 5,026 4,513 Wire Rods 4,184 2,649 2,067 1,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,673 1,416 2,288 2,049 Plates Cut Lengths 10,694 27,904 7,659 16,111 Plates In Coils 1,558 1,472 2,055 1,484 Rails Standard 1,556 999 1,687 1,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,476 12,970 20,527 21,543 Bars - Light Shaped 2,011 1,319 919 617 Bars - Cold Finished 1,268 3,709 1,475 3,731 Tool Steel 2,172 6,898 3,549 10,091 Standard Pipe 622 1,995 964 4,348 Oil Country Goods 14,926 40,504 32,761 71,330 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36,429 50,116 46,547 64,301 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 244 1,086 97 212 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 5,216 16,690 6,063 16,918 Pressure Tubing 1,028 6,965 1,325 8,387 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 499 2,034 1,215 4,711 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,041 2,514 805 1,922 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 68 74 Wire Drawn 3,280 5,818 3,225 5,670 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,864 8,113 3,120 3,942 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,345 11,343 6,735 9,335 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 7,629 7,809 16,490 15,465 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,230 3,528 1,698 2,538 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,163 4,973 5,700 9,557 Strip - Hot Rolled 376 460 749 1,036 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,979 4,382 1,959 4,095 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 179,039 292,273 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 2,411 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,026 4,513 Wire Rods 2,067 1,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,373 2,144 Plates Cut Lengths 7,759 16,167 Plates In Coils 2,055 1,484 Rails Standard 1,687 1,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 20,562 21,616 Bars - Light Shaped 919 617 Bars - Cold Finished 1,492 3,769 Tool Steel 3,569 10,136 Standard Pipe 964 4,348 Oil Country Goods 33,946 73,830 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,590 64,350 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 97 212 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,033 16,918 Pressure Tubing 1,325 8,387 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,215 4,711 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,922 Pipe For Piling 68 74 Wire Drawn 3,225 5,670 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,133 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,743 9,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,492 15,469 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,698 2,538 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,700 9,557 Strip - Hot Rolled 749 1,036 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,974 4,134 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2008 May 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 414,624 646,524 333,651 525,376 Ingots And Steel For Castings 334 608 247 382 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 51,939 65,120 18,952 26,967 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 8,690 9,904 6,242 5,901 Plates Cut Lengths 44,054 83,419 35,565 69,456 Plates In Coils 8,995 9,691 18,150 17,249 Rails Standard 501 535 4,887 2,794 Bars - Hot Rolled 77,128 87,210 49,256 55,869 Bars - Light Shaped 1,039 1,092 785 800 Bars - Cold Finished 7,479 16,472 4,286 9,283 Tool Steel 11,703 40,947 12,755 40,832 Standard Pipe 2,907 9,027 1,720 4,573 Oil Country Goods 63,149 105,152 44,625 79,805 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,647 76,923 50,810 76,996 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 899 1,526 1,826 2,750 Line Pipe - Not Specified 137 356 48 50 Mechanical Tubing 13,987 31,332 10,677 25,769 Pressure Tubing 2,247 10,226 2,778 12,834 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 264 1,833 667 3,141 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,613 7,551 3,755 8,114 Pipe For Piling 66 77 84 88 Wire Drawn 6,583 12,950 7,903 13,909 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,198 17,131 12,701 12,898 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,969 12,184 14,230 14,099 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,445 18,790 18,510 17,091 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,476 6,631 3,893 5,290 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,268 13,361 5,337 11,262 Strip - Hot Rolled 564 1,016 433 824 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,342 5,461 2,528 6,349 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 June 2009 (CB-09-115)