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 October 2009 September 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 188,269 244,357 145,243 200,370 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 547 161 98 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,353 6,428 2,148 3,065 Wire Rods 5,238 3,927 5,880 4,035 Structural Shapes Heavy 560 550 913 988 Plates Cut Lengths 20,159 19,471 15,926 15,753 Plates In Coils 4,550 3,386 2,576 2,565 Rails Standard 2,196 1,076 318 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 37,822 38,188 23,539 23,760 Bars - Light Shaped 956 635 870 592 Bars - Cold Finished 1,034 2,604 1,144 2,901 Tool Steel 4,346 10,368 3,003 7,827 Standard Pipe 511 1,558 130 609 Oil Country Goods 13,412 27,385 15,464 36,847 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,008 25,869 24,045 27,862 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 6,442 15,172 183 643 Line Pipe - Not Specified 717 753 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 2,533 7,852 3,184 9,144 Pressure Tubing 751 5,659 706 6,063 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 886 7,568 620 2,432 Structural Pipe & Tube 653 2,379 945 2,578 Pipe For Piling 2,112 2,877 7 7 Wire Drawn 4,750 8,193 4,239 7,479 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,834 8,737 8,321 8,888 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,992 14,275 7,282 8,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,927 15,011 13,885 12,885 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 339 471 2,136 2,474 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,811 6,668 4,054 6,993 Strip - Hot Rolled 970 933 1,468 1,004 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,634 5,817 2,096 4,547 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 145,683 201,345 Ingots And Steel For Castings 161 98 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,148 3,065 Wire Rods 5,880 4,035 Structural Shapes Heavy 913 988 Plates Cut Lengths 15,926 15,753 Plates In Coils 2,576 2,565 Rails Standard 318 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 23,539 23,760 Bars - Light Shaped 870 592 Bars - Cold Finished 1,148 2,907 Tool Steel 3,062 7,970 Standard Pipe 137 616 Oil Country Goods 15,475 36,893 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,045 27,862 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 183 643 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,505 9,842 Pressure Tubing 706 6,063 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 620 2,432 Structural Pipe & Tube 945 2,578 Pipe For Piling 7 7 Wire Drawn 4,259 7,508 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,321 8,888 Sheets Cold Rolled 7,282 8,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,885 12,885 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,136 2,474 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,072 7,039 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,468 1,004 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,096 4,547 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2008 September 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 459,091 798,198 365,928 609,477 Ingots And Steel For Castings 576 1,428 417 623 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 53,003 71,819 34,797 45,913 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 8,264 9,457 4,507 5,101 Plates Cut Lengths 29,195 70,367 27,055 53,181 Plates In Coils 25,804 26,360 7,348 9,032 Rails Standard 2,595 2,264 2,670 1,814 Bars - Hot Rolled 110,738 135,660 68,738 83,979 Bars - Light Shaped 484 567 713 909 Bars - Cold Finished 11,539 25,156 5,829 14,192 Tool Steel 10,976 38,134 11,770 36,713 Standard Pipe 2,136 9,887 2,343 6,453 Oil Country Goods 93,497 214,093 83,240 163,942 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,268 28,749 20,171 33,596 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 728 1,398 1,237 2,355 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 9 16 Mechanical Tubing 17,102 40,323 14,147 34,644 Pressure Tubing 2,514 12,409 1,590 6,675 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 553 2,152 454 2,150 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,416 9,171 4,970 8,195 Pipe For Piling 13 12 28 38 Wire Drawn 6,789 15,146 6,534 13,755 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,343 18,121 13,856 16,636 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,015 15,264 14,839 16,644 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,404 15,592 20,752 20,529 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,004 7,573 6,189 8,751 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,001 19,249 8,955 17,275 Strip - Hot Rolled 275 744 331 770 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,859 7,104 2,439 5,596 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 October 2009 (CB-09-175)