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 May 2010 April 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 288,729 411,731 280,069 376,307 Ingots And Steel For Castings 598 610 987 768 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,568 13,961 13,225 9,227 Wire Rods 4,967 4,255 5,003 4,231 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,473 6,180 7,044 5,702 Plates Cut Lengths 14,360 21,946 21,241 27,869 Plates In Coils 3,963 3,609 8,039 6,870 Rails Standard 2,471 2,521 1,444 1,607 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,505 47,528 36,277 39,107 Bars - Light Shaped 2,682 2,157 2,442 1,904 Bars - Cold Finished 4,369 8,983 2,737 5,880 Tool Steel 10,803 28,458 8,367 22,331 Standard Pipe 1,505 3,620 555 1,836 Oil Country Goods 78,700 134,146 59,836 102,070 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,744 17,620 28,528 36,018 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 297 615 529 1,441 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 39 36 88 Mechanical Tubing 7,585 16,101 4,167 9,595 Pressure Tubing 3,003 7,084 2,157 7,056 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 489 2,235 437 2,091 Structural Pipe & Tube 3,104 5,568 1,967 5,179 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,552 11,351 6,698 11,337 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,247 10,928 13,462 12,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,934 14,674 16,110 16,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,505 20,892 24,921 22,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,345 7,174 1,372 1,985 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,961 13,714 8,996 13,919 Strip - Hot Rolled 54 124 611 1,014 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,929 5,641 2,882 5,498 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 281,354 377,889 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,551 1,394 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,243 9,245 Wire Rods 5,003 4,231 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,044 5,702 Plates Cut Lengths 21,241 27,869 Plates In Coils 8,076 6,897 Rails Standard 1,444 1,607 Bars - Hot Rolled 36,665 39,420 Bars - Light Shaped 2,442 1,904 Bars - Cold Finished 2,737 5,880 Tool Steel 8,383 22,376 Standard Pipe 555 1,836 Oil Country Goods 59,916 102,214 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 28,528 36,018 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 645 1,626 Line Pipe - Not Specified 36 88 Mechanical Tubing 4,180 9,629 Pressure Tubing 2,168 7,134 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 437 2,091 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,996 5,228 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,702 11,370 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,462 12,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,110 16,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,921 22,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,372 1,985 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,996 13,919 Strip - Hot Rolled 614 1,018 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,885 5,524 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2009 April 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 179,039 292,273 194,509 360,884 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 2,411 1,391 4,612 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 5,026 4,513 6,832 5,286 Wire Rods 2,067 1,434 2,881 2,074 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,373 2,144 2,235 1,816 Plates Cut Lengths 7,759 16,167 13,727 33,876 Plates In Coils 2,055 1,484 6,052 6,448 Rails Standard 1,687 1,520 2,017 1,956 Bars - Hot Rolled 20,562 21,616 17,544 21,441 Bars - Light Shaped 919 617 366 431 Bars - Cold Finished 1,492 3,769 4,950 9,253 Tool Steel 3,569 10,136 3,291 12,613 Standard Pipe 964 4,348 1,904 7,544 Oil Country Goods 33,946 73,830 35,733 85,979 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 46,590 64,350 40,043 60,158 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 97 212 475 2,325 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,033 16,918 10,011 31,793 Pressure Tubing 1,325 8,387 2,122 11,350 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 1,215 4,711 136 640 Structural Pipe & Tube 805 1,922 2,238 10,117 Pipe For Piling 68 74 16 22 Wire Drawn 3,225 5,670 2,582 4,888 Sheets Hot Rolled 3,133 3,957 11,003 11,902 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,743 9,349 8,497 8,616 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,492 15,469 10,315 9,579 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,698 2,538 2,096 3,779 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,700 9,557 3,980 8,015 Strip - Hot Rolled 749 1,036 780 1,083 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,974 4,134 1,294 3,288 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 May 2010 (CB-10-91)