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 December 2009 November 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 197,219 267,244 144,645 192,618 Ingots And Steel For Castings 632 328 4,117 2,883 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,408 15,304 1,959 2,842 Wire Rods 3,283 2,506 5,491 4,107 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,469 1,116 1,326 1,148 Plates Cut Lengths 12,728 20,349 7,697 12,123 Plates In Coils 1,073 836 3,554 2,820 Rails Standard 314 354 1,801 1,686 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,224 39,848 31,258 30,213 Bars - Light Shaped 1,443 1,495 895 560 Bars - Cold Finished 1,320 3,457 1,246 3,009 Tool Steel 5,766 17,745 3,341 10,836 Standard Pipe 771 1,249 296 929 Oil Country Goods 23,453 42,190 18,380 37,035 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,786 20,680 7,610 8,377 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,036 10,794 69 172 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 1 20 Mechanical Tubing 2,465 7,302 3,067 7,577 Pressure Tubing 1,982 8,402 1,004 3,429 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 196 1,119 383 1,545 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,177 3,760 786 2,550 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 14 12 Wire Drawn 5,868 10,167 5,320 9,014 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,289 9,525 3,882 3,853 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,314 18,894 16,496 14,297 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,116 12,984 14,196 13,685 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,294 2,006 2,353 2,361 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,327 8,484 3,188 8,136 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,290 1,161 1,037 871 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,196 5,190 3,879 6,527 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 152,009 200,277 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,652 3,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,980 2,878 Wire Rods 5,491 4,107 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,326 1,148 Plates Cut Lengths 7,848 12,335 Plates In Coils 6,723 4,511 Rails Standard 1,801 1,686 Bars - Hot Rolled 31,357 30,347 Bars - Light Shaped 895 560 Bars - Cold Finished 1,400 3,333 Tool Steel 3,489 11,132 Standard Pipe 296 929 Oil Country Goods 18,949 38,894 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 7,627 8,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 172 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 20 Mechanical Tubing 3,373 8,103 Pressure Tubing 1,043 3,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,581 Structural Pipe & Tube 799 2,623 Pipe For Piling 14 12 Wire Drawn 5,494 9,230 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,565 4,241 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,751 14,483 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,157 14,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,353 2,361 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,245 8,213 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,037 871 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,883 6,635 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2008 November 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 304,144 604,172 379,672 693,846 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,095 3,643 832 2,827 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 4,302 11,618 17,061 23,940 Wire Rods (-) (-) (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 3,906 3,702 7,375 7,601 Plates Cut Lengths 27,914 60,515 33,073 69,075 Plates In Coils 6,209 6,773 14,884 18,565 Rails Standard 460 538 1,511 1,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 50,442 62,133 81,973 106,469 Bars - Light Shaped 440 438 255 353 Bars - Cold Finished 6,801 16,276 5,949 15,856 Tool Steel 10,736 35,029 10,420 34,589 Standard Pipe 4,051 12,112 2,902 9,434 Oil Country Goods 97,853 225,087 100,959 222,432 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,849 5,323 12,651 20,905 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,123 1,851 691 1,321 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,637 3,736 1 3 Mechanical Tubing 21,384 51,703 14,005 35,283 Pressure Tubing 2,004 8,851 2,836 14,081 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 515 3,469 612 2,864 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,111 2,813 2,035 4,799 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 8 8 Wire Drawn 5,005 11,134 5,153 11,531 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,882 15,359 18,967 23,913 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,078 14,837 16,792 20,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,490 13,330 12,306 11,556 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,649 5,171 3,614 5,697 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,073 19,320 10,174 21,181 Strip - Hot Rolled 418 948 287 955 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,719 8,466 2,345 6,775 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 December 2009 (CB-10-11)