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 October 2010 September 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 260,468 376,257 282,371 400,760 Ingots And Steel For Castings 775 494 964 620 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,600 21,358 32,572 22,233 Wire Rods 3,439 2,951 4,614 3,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,498 4,995 6,958 6,435 Plates Cut Lengths 19,648 29,956 14,589 20,480 Plates In Coils 18,708 17,142 20,502 18,164 Rails Standard 918 956 3,401 3,621 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,704 55,180 43,752 50,928 Bars - Light Shaped 1,084 858 2,189 2,347 Bars - Cold Finished 4,220 9,558 4,348 9,431 Tool Steel 11,558 34,670 11,253 31,545 Standard Pipe 2,375 4,617 1,086 2,998 Oil Country Goods 42,635 75,721 57,604 111,779 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,368 2,125 675 1,313 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 78 194 349 1,461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2 21 36 59 Mechanical Tubing 9,684 20,070 7,716 17,013 Pressure Tubing 2,302 6,071 1,613 3,970 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 275 1,224 232 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,245 3,847 4,900 8,308 Pipe For Piling 8 12 505 626 Wire Drawn 7,865 13,484 7,276 12,321 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,897 9,678 11,141 12,872 Sheets Cold Rolled 15,693 16,242 13,925 15,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,921 14,379 14,637 13,658 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,307 4,901 4,305 5,001 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,008 16,105 8,367 16,109 Strip - Hot Rolled 117 873 92 167 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,537 8,574 2,769 7,301 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,110 406,700 Ingots And Steel For Castings 964 620 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,572 22,233 Wire Rods 4,614 3,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,958 6,435 Plates Cut Lengths 14,589 20,480 Plates In Coils 20,502 18,164 Rails Standard 3,401 3,621 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,752 50,928 Bars - Light Shaped 2,189 2,347 Bars - Cold Finished 4,348 9,431 Tool Steel 11,258 31,560 Standard Pipe 1,086 2,998 Oil Country Goods 57,856 112,229 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,780 6,001 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 349 1,461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 36 59 Mechanical Tubing 7,716 17,013 Pressure Tubing 1,613 3,970 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,934 8,471 Pipe For Piling 505 626 Wire Drawn 7,307 12,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,141 12,872 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,925 15,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,637 13,658 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,307 5,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,577 16,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 127 207 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,836 7,577 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2009 September 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 202,192 259,610 145,683 201,345 Ingots And Steel For Castings 776 547 161 98 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,353 6,428 2,148 3,065 Wire Rods 5,238 3,927 5,880 4,035 Structural Shapes Heavy 815 781 913 988 Plates Cut Lengths 20,394 19,799 15,926 15,753 Plates In Coils 11,857 7,462 2,576 2,565 Rails Standard 2,238 1,115 318 314 Bars - Hot Rolled 38,224 38,583 23,539 23,760 Bars - Light Shaped 956 635 870 592 Bars - Cold Finished 1,128 2,811 1,148 2,907 Tool Steel 4,365 10,467 3,062 7,970 Standard Pipe 511 1,558 137 616 Oil Country Goods 13,692 27,940 15,475 36,893 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 23,008 25,869 24,045 27,862 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 8,243 19,439 183 643 Line Pipe - Not Specified 717 753 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 2,559 7,947 3,505 9,842 Pressure Tubing 788 5,758 706 6,063 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 951 9,834 620 2,432 Structural Pipe & Tube 772 2,745 945 2,578 Pipe For Piling 2,112 2,877 7 7 Wire Drawn 4,802 8,260 4,259 7,508 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,732 9,921 8,321 8,888 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,474 14,601 7,282 8,018 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,367 15,248 13,885 12,885 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 339 471 2,136 2,474 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,178 7,083 4,072 7,039 Strip - Hot Rolled 970 933 1,468 1,004 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,634 5,817 2,096 4,547 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)