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 September 2009 August 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 145,243 200,370 116,819 165,581 Ingots And Steel For Castings 161 98 232 302 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,148 3,065 422 907 Wire Rods 5,880 4,035 7,798 4,117 Structural Shapes Heavy 913 988 125 113 Plates Cut Lengths 15,926 15,753 13,013 17,282 Plates In Coils 2,576 2,565 2,641 1,880 Rails Standard 318 314 1,515 1,735 Bars - Hot Rolled 23,539 23,760 17,030 16,001 Bars - Light Shaped 870 592 1,738 1,163 Bars - Cold Finished 1,144 2,901 864 2,092 Tool Steel 3,003 7,827 1,787 5,632 Standard Pipe 130 609 1,861 3,861 Oil Country Goods 15,464 36,847 7,139 17,233 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,045 27,862 24,887 36,145 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 183 643 32 434 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,184 9,144 1,826 5,711 Pressure Tubing 706 6,063 829 5,862 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 620 2,432 491 2,049 Structural Pipe & Tube 945 2,578 712 1,849 Pipe For Piling 7 7 1,912 3,174 Wire Drawn 4,239 7,479 3,586 6,382 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,321 8,888 2,292 1,712 Sheets Cold Rolled 7,282 8,018 8,954 10,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,885 12,885 7,725 7,485 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,136 2,474 2,226 2,421 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,054 6,993 2,908 6,061 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,468 1,004 783 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,096 4,547 1,492 3,349 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 122,092 174,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 232 302 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 433 960 Wire Rods 7,905 4,188 Structural Shapes Heavy 137 154 Plates Cut Lengths 13,338 18,214 Plates In Coils 2,641 1,880 Rails Standard 1,515 1,735 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,439 18,569 Bars - Light Shaped 1,745 1,170 Bars - Cold Finished 910 2,288 Tool Steel 1,867 5,916 Standard Pipe 1,861 3,861 Oil Country Goods 8,049 20,438 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,887 36,145 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45 479 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 1,847 5,742 Pressure Tubing 829 5,862 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 545 2,359 Structural Pipe & Tube 715 1,853 Pipe For Piling 1,912 3,174 Wire Drawn 3,719 6,625 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,371 1,804 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,988 10,069 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,256 8,020 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,226 2,421 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,111 6,371 Strip - Hot Rolled 783 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,786 3,712 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2008 August 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 365,928 609,477 369,424 593,246 Ingots And Steel For Castings 417 623 268 753 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 34,797 45,913 18,197 29,412 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 4,507 5,101 6,639 8,289 Plates Cut Lengths 27,055 53,181 35,882 73,883 Plates In Coils 7,348 9,032 8,967 9,121 Rails Standard 2,670 1,814 549 722 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,738 83,979 114,335 127,770 Bars - Light Shaped 713 909 431 531 Bars - Cold Finished 5,829 14,192 4,747 11,910 Tool Steel 11,770 36,713 9,804 31,467 Standard Pipe 2,343 6,453 1,080 3,243 Oil Country Goods 83,240 163,942 66,419 123,515 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,171 33,596 16,694 33,391 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,237 2,355 1,141 2,367 Line Pipe - Not Specified 9 16 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,147 34,644 9,367 23,758 Pressure Tubing 1,590 6,675 1,973 10,264 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 454 2,150 404 2,523 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,970 8,195 3,410 7,320 Pipe For Piling 28 38 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,534 13,755 7,141 14,855 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,856 16,636 13,518 14,409 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,839 16,644 15,045 18,543 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 20,752 20,529 14,482 13,732 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,189 8,751 5,677 7,622 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,955 17,275 9,675 15,505 Strip - Hot Rolled 331 770 303 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,439 5,596 3,276 7,711 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 September 2009 (CB-09-160)