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 November 2009 October 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 144,645 192,618 188,269 244,357 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,117 2,883 776 547 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,959 2,842 8,353 6,428 Wire Rods 5,491 4,107 5,238 3,927 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,326 1,148 560 550 Plates Cut Lengths 7,697 12,123 20,159 19,471 Plates In Coils 3,554 2,820 4,550 3,386 Rails Standard 1,801 1,686 2,196 1,076 Bars - Hot Rolled 31,258 30,213 37,822 38,188 Bars - Light Shaped 895 560 956 635 Bars - Cold Finished 1,246 3,009 1,034 2,604 Tool Steel 3,341 10,836 4,346 10,368 Standard Pipe 296 929 511 1,558 Oil Country Goods 18,380 37,035 13,412 27,385 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 7,610 8,377 23,008 25,869 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 172 6,442 15,172 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 20 717 753 Mechanical Tubing 3,067 7,577 2,533 7,852 Pressure Tubing 1,004 3,429 751 5,659 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 383 1,545 886 7,568 Structural Pipe & Tube 786 2,550 653 2,379 Pipe For Piling 14 12 2,112 2,877 Wire Drawn 5,320 9,014 4,750 8,193 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,882 3,853 9,834 8,737 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,496 14,297 13,992 14,275 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,196 13,685 14,927 15,011 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,353 2,361 339 471 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,188 8,136 2,811 6,668 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,037 871 970 933 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,879 6,527 3,634 5,817 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 202,192 259,610 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 547 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,353 6,428 Wire Rods 5,238 3,927 Structural Shapes Heavy 815 781 Plates Cut Lengths 20,394 19,799 Plates In Coils 11,857 7,462 Rails Standard 2,238 1,115 Bars - Hot Rolled 38,224 38,583 Bars - Light Shaped 956 635 Bars - Cold Finished 1,128 2,811 Tool Steel 4,365 10,467 Standard Pipe 511 1,558 Oil Country Goods 13,692 27,940 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,008 25,869 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,243 19,439 Line Pipe - Not Specified 717 753 Mechanical Tubing 2,559 7,947 Pressure Tubing 788 5,758 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 951 9,834 Structural Pipe & Tube 772 2,745 Pipe For Piling 2,112 2,877 Wire Drawn 4,802 8,260 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,732 9,921 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,474 14,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,367 15,248 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 339 471 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,178 7,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 970 933 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,634 5,817 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2008 October 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 379,672 693,846 459,091 798,198 Ingots And Steel For Castings 832 2,827 576 1,428 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 17,061 23,940 53,003 71,819 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 7,375 7,601 8,264 9,457 Plates Cut Lengths 33,073 69,075 29,195 70,367 Plates In Coils 14,884 18,565 25,804 26,360 Rails Standard 1,511 1,240 2,595 2,264 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,973 106,469 110,738 135,660 Bars - Light Shaped 255 353 484 567 Bars - Cold Finished 5,949 15,856 11,539 25,156 Tool Steel 10,420 34,589 10,976 38,134 Standard Pipe 2,902 9,434 2,136 9,887 Oil Country Goods 100,959 222,432 93,497 214,093 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 12,651 20,905 17,268 28,749 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 691 1,321 728 1,398 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 3 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 14,005 35,283 17,102 40,323 Pressure Tubing 2,836 14,081 2,514 12,409 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 612 2,864 553 2,152 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,035 4,799 4,416 9,171 Pipe For Piling 8 8 13 12 Wire Drawn 5,153 11,531 6,789 15,146 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,967 23,913 14,343 18,121 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,792 20,596 12,015 15,264 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,306 11,556 16,404 15,592 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,614 5,697 5,004 7,573 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,174 21,181 10,001 19,249 Strip - Hot Rolled 287 955 275 744 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,345 6,775 2,859 7,104 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 Janet Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary November 2009 (CB-09-193)