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 March 2010 February 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 273,708 366,624 217,314 279,125 Ingots And Steel For Castings 687 636 689 376 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,332 15,776 15,184 11,403 Wire Rods 7,098 5,429 5,981 4,400 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,941 5,011 3,160 2,930 Plates Cut Lengths 13,754 22,300 13,271 19,324 Plates In Coils 2,049 2,056 2,976 2,637 Rails Standard 1,581 1,622 2,267 1,892 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,495 39,830 32,454 33,350 Bars - Light Shaped 2,623 1,956 2,204 1,569 Bars - Cold Finished 3,007 5,937 1,357 3,342 Tool Steel 8,055 21,804 7,356 17,502 Standard Pipe 749 1,753 368 1,520 Oil Country Goods 54,552 94,936 32,692 56,258 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 34,782 41,158 30,029 36,257 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 77 406 21 240 Line Pipe - Not Specified 111 226 4,659 4,620 Mechanical Tubing 3,408 8,556 2,020 5,700 Pressure Tubing 1,263 4,374 95 256 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 359 1,512 146 717 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,869 5,189 724 2,616 Pipe For Piling 12 12 75 70 Wire Drawn 7,390 13,212 5,645 9,731 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,448 8,548 8,080 7,945 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,360 16,159 18,158 19,868 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,741 23,444 15,619 14,253 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,836 5,973 4,395 4,829 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,192 10,877 4,252 9,292 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,220 1,204 1,440 1,604 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,715 6,732 1,994 4,626 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 219,260 283,948 Ingots And Steel For Castings 689 376 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,189 11,442 Wire Rods 6,033 4,470 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,160 2,930 Plates Cut Lengths 13,271 19,324 Plates In Coils 2,976 2,637 Rails Standard 2,267 1,892 Bars - Hot Rolled 32,595 33,567 Bars - Light Shaped 2,204 1,569 Bars - Cold Finished 1,374 3,359 Tool Steel 7,455 17,934 Standard Pipe 368 1,520 Oil Country Goods 32,701 56,429 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,029 36,257 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 292 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,659 4,620 Mechanical Tubing 2,020 5,700 Pressure Tubing 126 2,656 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 146 717 Structural Pipe & Tube 724 2,616 Pipe For Piling 75 70 Wire Drawn 5,661 9,753 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,080 7,945 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,170 19,976 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,698 14,322 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,395 4,829 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,726 10,515 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,440 1,604 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,994 4,626 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2009 February 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 228,762 425,021 246,828 458,155 Ingots And Steel For Castings 900 3,156 725 2,130 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 7,558 10,559 1,222 5,042 Wire Rods 2,688 1,985 3,783 2,760 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,880 3,194 11,211 10,382 Plates Cut Lengths 17,484 41,611 22,039 51,249 Plates In Coils 3,311 2,932 6,907 5,735 Rails Standard 1,765 1,678 317 280 Bars - Hot Rolled 22,261 27,755 41,469 49,229 Bars - Light Shaped 285 220 925 778 Bars - Cold Finished 4,710 12,785 11,068 19,792 Tool Steel 5,768 18,450 7,036 23,278 Standard Pipe 2,924 7,706 666 2,550 Oil Country Goods 68,520 144,353 68,678 157,851 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,743 22,511 4,463 10,627 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,317 7,983 70 120 Line Pipe - Not Specified 43 80 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,387 29,404 8,706 25,275 Pressure Tubing 1,891 12,618 2,394 14,419 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 196 718 291 1,378 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,327 2,560 3,336 5,337 Pipe For Piling 2 2 7 10 Wire Drawn 3,825 6,817 2,930 6,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,884 16,668 10,381 10,987 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,867 15,023 10,605 13,420 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 11,988 13,014 12,909 13,472 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,535 3,951 1,724 2,605 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,997 12,790 11,019 18,202 Strip - Hot Rolled 213 762 249 549 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,496 3,735 1,700 4,496 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 March 2010 (CB-10-56)