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 June 2010 May 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 256,315 358,274 288,729 411,731 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 1,090 598 610 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,868 4,554 13,568 13,961 Wire Rods 8,356 7,111 4,967 4,255 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,555 4,509 7,473 6,180 Plates Cut Lengths 20,318 30,037 14,360 21,946 Plates In Coils 9,021 8,303 3,963 3,609 Rails Standard 1,621 1,992 2,471 2,521 Bars - Hot Rolled 38,438 40,995 43,505 47,528 Bars - Light Shaped 2,210 1,801 2,682 2,157 Bars - Cold Finished 3,324 7,633 4,369 8,983 Tool Steel 10,419 27,820 10,803 28,458 Standard Pipe 1,967 3,085 1,505 3,620 Oil Country Goods 58,223 99,981 78,700 134,146 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36 50 13,744 17,620 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93 375 297 615 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 17 39 Mechanical Tubing 6,494 13,946 7,585 16,101 Pressure Tubing 1,020 2,600 3,003 7,084 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 277 1,271 489 2,235 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,968 8,744 3,104 5,568 Pipe For Piling 572 633 0 0 Wire Drawn 9,077 14,958 6,552 11,351 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,451 12,922 10,247 10,928 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,292 16,838 13,934 14,674 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,173 26,262 24,505 20,892 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,440 1,861 6,345 7,174 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,520 13,903 6,961 13,714 Strip - Hot Rolled 104 718 54 124 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,642 4,281 2,929 5,641 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 293,896 420,505 Ingots And Steel For Castings 620 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,653 14,045 Wire Rods 5,065 4,342 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,518 6,222 Plates Cut Lengths 14,546 22,224 Plates In Coils 3,963 3,609 Rails Standard 2,471 2,521 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,778 47,955 Bars - Light Shaped 2,743 2,216 Bars - Cold Finished 4,579 9,475 Tool Steel 11,208 29,442 Standard Pipe 1,505 3,620 Oil Country Goods 81,279 137,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,744 17,620 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 335 729 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 39 Mechanical Tubing 8,383 17,364 Pressure Tubing 3,019 7,131 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 496 2,258 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 4,838 Pipe For Piling 0 0 Wire Drawn 6,622 11,448 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,435 11,139 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,876 16,037 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,782 21,100 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,345 7,174 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,982 13,735 Strip - Hot Rolled 79 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,954 5,798 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2009 May 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 135,044 234,052 179,039 292,273 Ingots And Steel For Castings 225 914 776 2,411 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,305 2,237 5,026 4,513 Wire Rods 4,184 2,649 2,067 1,434 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,673 1,416 2,373 2,144 Plates Cut Lengths 10,694 27,904 7,759 16,167 Plates In Coils 1,558 1,472 2,055 1,484 Rails Standard 1,556 999 1,687 1,520 Bars - Hot Rolled 13,484 13,061 20,562 21,616 Bars - Light Shaped 2,011 1,319 919 617 Bars - Cold Finished 1,276 3,725 1,492 3,769 Tool Steel 2,172 6,898 3,569 10,136 Standard Pipe 622 1,995 964 4,348 Oil Country Goods 15,954 43,505 33,946 73,830 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 36,429 50,116 46,590 64,350 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 244 1,086 97 212 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 5,221 16,805 6,033 16,918 Pressure Tubing 1,028 6,965 1,325 8,387 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 499 2,034 1,215 4,711 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,041 2,514 805 1,922 Pipe For Piling 0 0 68 74 Wire Drawn 3,281 5,830 3,225 5,670 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,864 8,113 3,133 3,957 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,345 11,343 6,743 9,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 7,629 7,809 16,492 15,469 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,230 3,528 1,698 2,538 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,163 4,973 5,700 9,557 Strip - Hot Rolled 376 460 749 1,036 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,979 4,382 1,974 4,134 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.ht ml. 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 June 2010 (CB-10-110)