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 August 2009 July 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 116,819 165,581 149,391 250,183 Ingots And Steel For Castings 232 302 129 120 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 422 907 350 3,406 Wire Rods 7,798 4,117 3,267 2,161 Structural Shapes Heavy 125 113 2,796 2,555 Plates Cut Lengths 13,013 17,282 12,360 20,081 Plates In Coils 2,641 1,880 3,071 3,326 Rails Standard 1,515 1,735 676 734 Bars - Hot Rolled 17,030 16,001 18,154 18,153 Bars - Light Shaped 1,738 1,163 1,882 1,220 Bars - Cold Finished 864 2,092 2,598 5,518 Tool Steel 1,787 5,632 2,777 9,262 Standard Pipe 1,861 3,861 645 3,641 Oil Country Goods 7,139 17,233 18,246 48,266 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,887 36,145 42,757 61,415 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 32 434 203 976 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 164 398 Mechanical Tubing 1,826 5,711 4,916 15,752 Pressure Tubing 829 5,862 1,501 7,594 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 491 2,049 478 2,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 712 1,849 727 2,230 Pipe For Piling 1,912 3,174 59 51 Wire Drawn 3,586 6,382 3,624 5,890 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,292 1,712 6,196 6,467 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,954 10,036 6,399 8,635 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 7,725 7,485 8,326 8,546 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,226 2,421 2,148 2,310 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,908 6,061 2,779 5,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 783 593 560 411 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,492 3,349 1,605 3,673 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 150,791 253,550 Ingots And Steel For Castings 129 120 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 350 3,406 Wire Rods 3,267 2,161 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,821 2,575 Plates Cut Lengths 12,713 21,358 Plates In Coils 3,528 3,537 Rails Standard 676 734 Bars - Hot Rolled 18,154 18,153 Bars - Light Shaped 1,882 1,220 Bars - Cold Finished 2,598 5,518 Tool Steel 2,777 9,262 Standard Pipe 663 3,790 Oil Country Goods 18,246 48,266 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,757 61,415 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 216 1,086 Line Pipe - Not Specified 164 398 Mechanical Tubing 4,981 16,074 Pressure Tubing 1,581 8,574 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 478 2,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 727 2,230 Pipe For Piling 59 51 Wire Drawn 3,624 5,890 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,483 6,597 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,450 8,659 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,366 8,572 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,148 2,310 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,779 5,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 560 411 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,616 3,792 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2008 July 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 369,424 593,246 384,233 638,805 Ingots And Steel For Castings 268 753 86 160 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,197 29,412 28,662 37,868 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 6,639 8,289 4,324 4,984 Plates Cut Lengths 35,882 73,883 30,673 66,679 Plates In Coils 8,967 9,121 4,776 5,759 Rails Standard 549 722 2,026 1,484 Bars - Hot Rolled 114,335 127,770 82,732 93,195 Bars - Light Shaped 431 531 646 735 Bars - Cold Finished 4,747 11,910 7,618 16,671 Tool Steel 9,804 31,467 12,294 42,258 Standard Pipe 1,080 3,243 2,040 6,877 Oil Country Goods 66,419 123,515 70,060 131,914 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 16,694 33,391 37,591 60,891 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,141 2,367 2,728 4,215 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,367 23,758 14,432 33,243 Pressure Tubing 1,973 10,264 3,108 21,238 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 404 2,523 348 1,652 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,410 7,320 2,277 6,778 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 71 97 Wire Drawn 7,141 14,855 8,158 15,579 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,518 14,409 14,929 17,119 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,045 18,543 11,072 12,390 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,482 13,732 24,085 22,994 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,677 7,622 4,200 5,908 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,675 15,505 11,859 18,974 Strip - Hot Rolled 303 631 363 880 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,276 7,711 3,076 8,264 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 August 2009 (CB-09-146)