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 February 2010 January 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 217,314 279,125 212,107 273,346 Ingots And Steel For Castings 689 376 1,144 641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,184 11,403 18,932 13,149 Wire Rods 5,981 4,400 5,347 4,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,160 2,930 2,214 2,027 Plates Cut Lengths 13,271 19,324 14,665 19,808 Plates In Coils 2,976 2,637 1,884 2,093 Rails Standard 2,267 1,892 286 285 Bars - Hot Rolled 32,454 33,350 40,058 37,387 Bars - Light Shaped 2,204 1,569 2,059 1,315 Bars - Cold Finished 1,357 3,342 1,776 3,636 Tool Steel 7,356 17,502 4,712 13,224 Standard Pipe 368 1,520 408 961 Oil Country Goods 32,692 56,258 29,890 57,253 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,029 36,257 21,830 27,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 21 240 277 616 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,659 4,620 3,518 3,493 Mechanical Tubing 2,020 5,700 3,090 7,934 Pressure Tubing 95 256 1,164 3,565 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 146 717 220 901 Structural Pipe & Tube 724 2,616 1,717 4,154 Pipe For Piling 75 70 132 156 Wire Drawn 5,645 9,731 6,309 9,828 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,080 7,945 6,213 6,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,158 19,868 14,835 16,249 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,619 14,253 15,860 14,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,395 4,829 4,253 4,270 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,252 9,292 6,077 12,437 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,440 1,604 1,356 901 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,994 4,626 1,881 4,630 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 212,206 276,014 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,144 641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,936 13,157 Wire Rods 5,347 4,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,214 2,027 Plates Cut Lengths 14,665 19,808 Plates In Coils 1,884 2,093 Rails Standard 286 285 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,235 38,196 Bars - Light Shaped 2,059 1,315 Bars - Cold Finished 1,815 3,739 Tool Steel 4,774 13,335 Standard Pipe 410 1,000 Oil Country Goods 30,698 59,277 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,941 28,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 278 628 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,623 8,728 Pressure Tubing 1,317 3,932 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 220 901 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,717 4,154 Pipe For Piling 132 156 Wire Drawn 6,341 9,860 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,213 6,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,904 16,325 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,860 14,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,254 4,282 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,591 13,609 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,356 901 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,991 4,774 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2009 January 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 246,828 458,155 334,047 594,214 Ingots And Steel For Castings 725 2,130 1,462 5,958 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,222 5,042 2,742 7,517 Wire Rods 3,783 2,760 1,981 1,426 Structural Shapes Heavy 11,211 10,382 4,812 4,199 Plates Cut Lengths 22,039 51,249 27,826 56,777 Plates In Coils 6,907 5,735 9,811 9,424 Rails Standard 317 280 1,160 1,465 Bars - Hot Rolled 41,469 49,229 70,214 73,694 Bars - Light Shaped 925 778 473 423 Bars - Cold Finished 11,068 19,792 10,202 24,141 Tool Steel 7,036 23,278 8,387 26,781 Standard Pipe 666 2,550 3,499 13,275 Oil Country Goods 68,678 157,851 92,929 190,692 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,463 10,627 5,883 10,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 70 120 328 489 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 1,219 2,813 Mechanical Tubing 8,706 25,275 17,839 46,960 Pressure Tubing 2,394 14,419 1,795 13,214 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 291 1,378 300 1,544 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,336 5,337 4,975 9,329 Pipe For Piling 7 10 47 1,573 Wire Drawn 2,930 6,202 4,707 9,823 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,381 10,987 14,362 19,012 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,605 13,420 19,355 23,036 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,909 13,472 13,676 14,391 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,724 2,605 3,824 5,206 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,019 18,202 7,748 14,475 Strip - Hot Rolled 249 549 272 493 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,700 4,496 2,218 6,069 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 February 2010 (CB-10-35)