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 July 2010 June 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 321,097 473,193 256,315 358,274 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,027 923 1,836 1,090 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,031 21,248 2,868 4,554 Wire Rods 4,876 4,321 8,356 7,111 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,887 6,337 5,555 4,509 Plates Cut Lengths 26,559 40,273 20,318 30,037 Plates In Coils 7,090 7,054 9,021 8,303 Rails Standard 2,215 2,388 1,621 1,992 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,163 49,638 38,438 40,995 Bars - Light Shaped 2,010 1,514 2,210 1,801 Bars - Cold Finished 3,817 8,805 3,324 7,633 Tool Steel 10,578 31,026 10,419 27,820 Standard Pipe 1,188 2,668 1,967 3,085 Oil Country Goods 93,247 165,735 58,223 99,981 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,733 2,532 36 50 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 163 461 93 375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 639 452 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,240 17,871 6,494 13,946 Pressure Tubing 2,432 6,158 1,020 2,600 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 993 277 1,271 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,775 4,535 4,968 8,744 Pipe For Piling 20 24 572 633 Wire Drawn 8,914 14,166 9,077 14,958 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,208 13,303 13,451 12,922 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,315 22,061 16,292 16,838 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,716 16,586 30,173 26,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,868 5,619 1,440 1,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,712 16,382 6,520 13,903 Strip - Hot Rolled 216 1,195 104 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,258 8,926 1,642 4,281 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 259,407 363,634 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 1,090 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,868 4,554 Wire Rods 8,399 7,169 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,571 4,560 Plates Cut Lengths 20,716 30,565 Plates In Coils 9,021 8,303 Rails Standard 1,621 1,992 Bars - Hot Rolled 38,505 41,069 Bars - Light Shaped 2,210 1,801 Bars - Cold Finished 3,378 7,771 Tool Steel 10,439 27,909 Standard Pipe 1,976 3,097 Oil Country Goods 59,569 102,601 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 679 870 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93 375 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 6,838 14,648 Pressure Tubing 1,020 2,600 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,968 8,744 Pipe For Piling 572 633 Wire Drawn 9,123 15,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,471 12,940 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,362 16,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,173 26,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,440 1,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,532 13,953 Strip - Hot Rolled 104 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,642 4,281 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2009 June 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 150,791 253,550 135,044 234,052 Ingots And Steel For Castings 129 120 225 914 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 350 3,406 1,305 2,237 Wire Rods 3,267 2,161 4,184 2,649 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,821 2,575 1,673 1,416 Plates Cut Lengths 12,713 21,358 10,694 27,904 Plates In Coils 3,528 3,537 1,558 1,472 Rails Standard 676 734 1,556 999 Bars - Hot Rolled 18,154 18,153 13,484 13,061 Bars - Light Shaped 1,882 1,220 2,011 1,319 Bars - Cold Finished 2,598 5,518 1,276 3,725 Tool Steel 2,777 9,262 2,172 6,898 Standard Pipe 663 3,790 622 1,995 Oil Country Goods 18,246 48,266 15,954 43,505 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,757 61,415 36,429 50,116 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 216 1,086 244 1,086 Line Pipe - Not Specified 164 398 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 4,981 16,074 5,221 16,805 Pressure Tubing 1,581 8,574 1,028 6,965 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 478 2,078 499 2,034 Structural Pipe & Tube 727 2,230 1,041 2,514 Pipe For Piling 59 51 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 3,624 5,890 3,281 5,830 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,483 6,597 7,864 8,113 Sheets Cold Rolled 6,450 8,659 8,345 11,343 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,366 8,572 7,629 7,809 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,148 2,310 2,230 3,528 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 2,779 5,316 2,163 4,973 Strip - Hot Rolled 560 411 376 460 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,616 3,792 1,979 4,382 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 July 2010 (CB-10-125)