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 August 2010 July 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 333,756 455,808 321,097 473,193 Ingots And Steel For Castings 675 440 1,027 923 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 59,997 46,658 26,031 21,248 Wire Rods 5,075 4,364 4,876 4,321 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,240 11,659 6,887 6,337 Plates Cut Lengths 15,179 23,307 26,559 40,273 Plates In Coils 18,607 15,387 7,090 7,054 Rails Standard 1,782 2,022 2,215 2,388 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,151 61,342 43,163 49,638 Bars - Light Shaped 1,959 1,534 2,010 1,514 Bars - Cold Finished 4,156 9,276 3,817 8,805 Tool Steel 10,846 31,818 10,578 31,026 Standard Pipe 1,503 3,231 1,188 2,668 Oil Country Goods 65,895 124,335 93,247 165,735 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 606 1,076 1,733 2,532 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 219 605 163 461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,195 1,003 639 452 Mechanical Tubing 9,253 19,988 9,240 17,871 Pressure Tubing 1,798 4,996 2,432 6,158 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 307 1,592 201 993 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,297 3,487 1,775 4,535 Pipe For Piling 22 20 20 24 Wire Drawn 9,002 15,215 8,914 14,166 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 9,250 12,208 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,813 16,943 20,315 22,061 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,062 14,774 17,716 16,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,948 9,492 4,868 5,619 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,454 15,516 6,712 16,382 Strip - Hot Rolled 109 431 216 1,195 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 6,048 5,258 8,926 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 323,683 477,303 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,027 923 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,031 21,248 Wire Rods 4,876 4,321 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,887 6,337 Plates Cut Lengths 26,559 40,273 Plates In Coils 7,090 7,054 Rails Standard 2,215 2,388 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,191 49,763 Bars - Light Shaped 2,010 1,514 Bars - Cold Finished 3,860 8,950 Tool Steel 11,867 33,026 Standard Pipe 1,188 2,668 Oil Country Goods 93,247 165,735 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,733 2,532 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 163 461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 639 452 Mechanical Tubing 9,258 17,924 Pressure Tubing 2,442 6,190 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 993 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,848 5,839 Pipe For Piling 20 24 Wire Drawn 8,951 14,241 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,208 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,315 22,061 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,716 16,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,868 5,619 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,765 16,535 Strip - Hot Rolled 246 1,275 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,263 9,068 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2009 July 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 122,092 174,906 150,791 253,550 Ingots And Steel For Castings 232 302 129 120 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 433 960 350 3,406 Wire Rods 7,905 4,188 3,267 2,161 Structural Shapes Heavy 137 154 2,821 2,575 Plates Cut Lengths 13,338 18,214 12,713 21,358 Plates In Coils 2,641 1,880 3,528 3,537 Rails Standard 1,515 1,735 676 734 Bars - Hot Rolled 19,439 18,569 18,154 18,153 Bars - Light Shaped 1,745 1,170 1,882 1,220 Bars - Cold Finished 910 2,288 2,598 5,518 Tool Steel 1,867 5,916 2,777 9,262 Standard Pipe 1,861 3,861 663 3,790 Oil Country Goods 8,049 20,438 18,246 48,266 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,887 36,145 42,757 61,415 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 45 479 216 1,086 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 164 398 Mechanical Tubing 1,847 5,742 4,981 16,074 Pressure Tubing 829 5,862 1,581 8,574 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 545 2,359 478 2,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 715 1,853 727 2,230 Pipe For Piling 1,912 3,174 59 51 Wire Drawn 3,719 6,625 3,624 5,890 Sheets Hot Rolled 2,371 1,804 6,483 6,597 Sheets Cold Rolled 8,988 10,069 6,450 8,659 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 8,256 8,020 8,366 8,572 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,226 2,421 2,148 2,310 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,111 6,371 2,779 5,316 Strip - Hot Rolled 783 593 560 411 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,786 3,712 1,616 3,792 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 August 2010 (CB-10-146)