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 September 2010 August 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 282,371 400,760 333,756 455,808 Ingots And Steel For Castings 964 620 675 440 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,572 22,233 59,997 46,658 Wire Rods 4,614 3,934 5,075 4,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,958 6,435 12,240 11,659 Plates Cut Lengths 14,589 20,480 15,179 23,307 Plates In Coils 20,502 18,164 18,607 15,387 Rails Standard 3,401 3,621 1,782 2,022 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,752 50,928 54,151 61,342 Bars - Light Shaped 2,189 2,347 1,959 1,534 Bars - Cold Finished 4,348 9,431 4,156 9,276 Tool Steel 11,253 31,545 10,846 31,818 Standard Pipe 1,086 2,998 1,503 3,231 Oil Country Goods 57,604 111,779 65,895 124,335 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 675 1,313 606 1,076 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 349 1,461 219 605 Line Pipe - Not Specified 36 59 1,195 1,003 Mechanical Tubing 7,716 17,013 9,253 19,988 Pressure Tubing 1,613 3,970 1,798 4,996 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 878 307 1,592 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,900 8,308 1,297 3,487 Pipe For Piling 505 626 22 20 Wire Drawn 7,276 12,321 9,002 15,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,141 12,872 8,624 9,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,925 15,188 14,813 16,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,637 13,658 16,062 14,774 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,305 5,001 8,948 9,492 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,367 16,109 7,454 15,516 Strip - Hot Rolled 92 167 109 431 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,769 7,301 1,983 6,048 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,572 455,377 Ingots And Steel For Castings 675 440 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,375 35,253 Wire Rods 5,075 4,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,240 11,659 Plates Cut Lengths 16,647 24,692 Plates In Coils 5,496 5,177 Rails Standard 1,782 2,022 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,151 61,342 Bars - Light Shaped 1,959 1,534 Bars - Cold Finished 4,156 9,276 Tool Steel 10,851 31,855 Standard Pipe 1,503 3,231 Oil Country Goods 70,768 131,488 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 606 1,076 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 219 605 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,195 1,003 Mechanical Tubing 9,253 19,988 Pressure Tubing 1,798 4,996 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 307 1,592 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,369 3,560 Pipe For Piling 2,036 2,285 Wire Drawn 9,002 15,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 9,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,813 16,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,172 24,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,948 9,492 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,458 15,577 Strip - Hot Rolled 109 431 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 6,048 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2009 August 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 145,683 201,345 122,092 174,906 Ingots And Steel For Castings 161 98 232 302 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,148 3,065 433 960 Wire Rods 5,880 4,035 7,905 4,188 Structural Shapes Heavy 913 988 137 154 Plates Cut Lengths 15,926 15,753 13,338 18,214 Plates In Coils 2,576 2,565 2,641 1,880 Rails Standard 318 314 1,515 1,735 Bars - Hot Rolled 23,539 23,760 19,439 18,569 Bars - Light Shaped 870 592 1,745 1,170 Bars - Cold Finished 1,148 2,907 910 2,288 Tool Steel 3,062 7,970 1,867 5,916 Standard Pipe 137 616 1,861 3,861 Oil Country Goods 15,475 36,893 8,049 20,438 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 24,045 27,862 24,887 36,145 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 183 643 45 479 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,505 9,842 1,847 5,742 Pressure Tubing 706 6,063 829 5,862 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 620 2,432 545 2,359 Structural Pipe & Tube 945 2,578 715 1,853 Pipe For Piling 7 7 1,912 3,174 Wire Drawn 4,259 7,508 3,719 6,625 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,321 8,888 2,371 1,804 Sheets Cold Rolled 7,282 8,018 8,988 10,069 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,885 12,885 8,256 8,020 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,136 2,474 2,226 2,421 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,072 7,039 3,111 6,371 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,468 1,004 783 593 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,096 4,547 1,786 3,712 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 September 2010 (CB-10-160)