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 July 2009 June 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 149,391 250,183 133,876 230,260 Ingots And Steel For Castings 129 120 111 408 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 350 3,406 1,300 2,187 Wire Rods 3,267 2,161 4,184 2,649 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,796 2,555 1,673 1,416 Plates Cut Lengths 12,360 20,081 10,694 27,904 Plates In Coils 3,071 3,326 1,558 1,472 Rails Standard 676 734 1,556 999 Bars - Hot Rolled 18,154 18,153 13,476 12,970 Bars - Light Shaped 1,882 1,220 2,011 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 2,598 5,518 1,268 3,709 Tool Steel 2,777 9,262 2,172 6,898 Standard Pipe 645 3,641 622 1,995 Oil Country Goods 18,246 48,266 14,926 40,504 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,757 61,415 36,429 50,116 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 203 976 244 1,086 Line Pipe - Not Specified 164 398 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 4,916 15,752 5,216 16,690 Pressure Tubing 1,501 7,594 1,028 6,965 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 478 2,078 499 2,034 Structural Pipe & Tube 727 2,230 1,041 2,514 Pipe For Piling 59 51 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,624 5,890 3,280 5,818 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,196 6,467 7,864 8,113 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,399 8,635 8,345 11,343 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,326 8,546 7,629 7,809 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,148 2,310 2,230 3,528 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,779 5,316 2,163 4,973 Strip - Hot Rolled 560 411 376 460 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,605 3,673 1,979 4,382 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 135,044 234,052 Ingots And Steel For Castings 225 914 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,305 2,237 Wire Rods 4,184 2,649 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,673 1,416 Plates Cut Lengths 10,694 27,904 Plates In Coils 1,558 1,472 Rails Standard 1,556 999 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,484 13,061 Bars - Light Shaped 2,011 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 1,276 3,725 Tool Steel 2,172 6,898 Standard Pipe 622 1,995 Oil Country Goods 15,954 43,505 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36,429 50,116 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 244 1,086 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 5,221 16,805 Pressure Tubing 1,028 6,965 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 499 2,034 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,041 2,514 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,281 5,830 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,864 8,113 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,345 11,343 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 7,629 7,809 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,230 3,528 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,163 4,973 Strip - Hot Rolled 376 460 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,979 4,382 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2008 June 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,233 638,805 414,624 646,524 Ingots And Steel For Castings 86 160 334 608 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 28,662 37,868 51,939 65,120 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 4,324 4,984 8,690 9,904 Plates Cut Lengths 30,673 66,679 44,054 83,419 Plates In Coils 4,776 5,759 8,995 9,691 Rails Standard 2,026 1,484 501 535 Bars - Hot Rolled 82,732 93,195 77,128 87,210 Bars - Light Shaped 646 735 1,039 1,092 Bars - Cold Finished 7,618 16,671 7,479 16,472 Tool Steel 12,294 42,258 11,703 40,947 Standard Pipe 2,040 6,877 2,907 9,027 Oil Country Goods 70,060 131,914 63,149 105,152 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 37,591 60,891 46,647 76,923 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,728 4,215 899 1,526 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 137 356 Mechanical Tubing 14,432 33,243 13,987 31,332 Pressure Tubing 3,108 21,238 2,247 10,226 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,652 264 1,833 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,277 6,778 3,613 7,551 Pipe For Piling 71 97 66 77 Wire Drawn 8,158 15,579 6,583 12,950 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,929 17,119 16,198 17,131 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,072 12,390 10,969 12,184 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,085 22,994 20,445 18,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,200 5,908 4,476 6,631 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,859 18,974 7,268 13,361 Strip - Hot Rolled 363 880 564 1,016 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,076 8,264 2,342 5,461 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 July 2009 (CB-09-129)