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 January 2010 December 2009 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 212,107 273,346 197,219 267,244 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,144 641 632 328 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,932 13,149 21,408 15,304 Wire Rods 5,347 4,033 3,283 2,506 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,214 2,027 1,469 1,116 Plates Cut Lengths 14,665 19,808 12,728 20,349 Plates In Coils 1,884 2,093 1,073 836 Rails Standard 286 285 314 354 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,058 37,387 39,224 39,848 Bars - Light Shaped 2,059 1,315 1,443 1,495 Bars - Cold Finished 1,776 3,636 1,320 3,457 Tool Steel 4,712 13,224 5,766 17,745 Standard Pipe 408 961 771 1,249 Oil Country Goods 29,890 57,253 23,453 42,190 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,830 27,558 17,786 20,680 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 277 616 5,036 10,794 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,518 3,493 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,090 7,934 2,465 7,302 Pressure Tubing 1,164 3,565 1,982 8,402 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 220 901 196 1,119 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,717 4,154 1,177 3,760 Pipe For Piling 132 156 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,309 9,828 5,868 10,167 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,213 6,305 9,289 9,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,835 16,249 18,314 18,894 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,860 14,538 13,116 12,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,253 4,270 1,294 2,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,077 12,437 4,327 8,484 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,356 901 1,290 1,161 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,881 4,630 2,196 5,190 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 197,576 268,623 Ingots And Steel For Castings 632 328 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,408 15,304 Wire Rods 3,283 2,506 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,469 1,116 Plates Cut Lengths 12,728 20,349 Plates In Coils 1,073 836 Rails Standard 314 354 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,242 39,895 Bars - Light Shaped 1,443 1,495 Bars - Cold Finished 1,320 3,457 Tool Steel 5,807 17,981 Standard Pipe 771 1,249 Oil Country Goods 23,453 42,190 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,786 20,680 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,069 10,904 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 2,466 7,307 Pressure Tubing 2,015 8,487 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 198 1,264 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,177 3,760 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 5,892 10,231 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,289 9,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,314 18,894 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,116 12,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,294 2,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,531 9,138 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,290 1,161 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,197 5,223 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2009 December 2008 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,047 594,214 304,144 604,172 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,462 5,958 1,095 3,643 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,742 7,517 4,302 11,618 Wire Rods 1,981 1,426 (-) (-) Structural Shapes Heavy 4,812 4,199 3,906 3,702 Plates Cut Lengths 27,826 56,777 27,914 60,515 Plates In Coils 9,811 9,424 6,209 6,773 Rails Standard 1,160 1,465 460 538 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,214 73,694 50,442 62,133 Bars - Light Shaped 473 423 440 438 Bars - Cold Finished 10,202 24,141 6,801 16,276 Tool Steel 8,387 26,781 10,736 35,029 Standard Pipe 3,499 13,275 4,051 12,112 Oil Country Goods 92,929 190,692 97,853 225,087 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,883 10,016 4,849 5,323 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 328 489 1,123 1,851 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,219 2,813 1,637 3,736 Mechanical Tubing 17,839 46,960 21,384 51,703 Pressure Tubing 1,795 13,214 2,004 8,851 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 300 1,544 515 3,469 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,975 9,329 1,111 2,813 Pipe For Piling 47 1,573 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 4,707 9,823 5,005 11,134 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,362 19,012 11,882 15,359 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,355 23,036 10,078 14,837 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,676 14,391 13,490 13,330 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,824 5,206 3,649 5,171 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,748 14,475 9,073 19,320 Strip - Hot Rolled 272 493 418 948 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,218 6,069 3,719 8,466 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 January 2010 (CB-10-23)