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 November 2010 October 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 260,352 397,893 260,468 376,257 Ingots And Steel For Castings 789 626 775 494 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,303 9,089 26,600 21,358 Wire Rods 3,587 3,076 3,439 2,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,677 4,747 5,498 4,995 Plates Cut Lengths 18,001 29,858 19,648 29,956 Plates In Coils 13,697 12,229 18,708 17,142 Rails Standard 208 253 918 956 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,175 45,651 46,704 55,180 Bars - Light Shaped 2,353 1,791 1,084 858 Bars - Cold Finished 7,000 12,654 4,220 9,558 Tool Steel 13,681 39,264 11,558 34,670 Standard Pipe 4,807 7,339 2,375 4,617 Oil Country Goods 55,613 102,413 42,635 75,721 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,433 2,111 1,368 2,125 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 311 777 78 194 Line Pipe - Not Specified 400 381 2 21 Mechanical Tubing 15,689 29,488 9,684 20,070 Pressure Tubing 2,922 6,782 2,302 6,071 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 373 1,918 275 1,224 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,733 5,410 1,245 3,847 Pipe For Piling 71 64 8 12 Wire Drawn 8,003 12,915 7,865 13,484 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,162 10,735 8,897 9,678 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,569 14,955 15,693 16,242 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,710 13,385 14,921 14,379 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,868 2,467 4,307 4,901 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,585 18,103 7,008 16,105 Strip - Hot Rolled 165 631 117 873 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,468 8,782 2,537 8,574 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 286,412 416,348 Ingots And Steel For Castings 790 515 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,602 21,366 Wire Rods 3,439 2,951 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,682 5,193 Plates Cut Lengths 19,648 29,956 Plates In Coils 20,816 18,915 Rails Standard 918 956 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,136 55,786 Bars - Light Shaped 1,087 860 Bars - Cold Finished 4,464 9,946 Tool Steel 11,703 35,307 Standard Pipe 2,398 4,674 Oil Country Goods 58,610 102,007 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,404 2,225 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 722 1,170 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 10,234 21,470 Pressure Tubing 2,369 6,239 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 276 1,250 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,259 3,878 Pipe For Piling 8 12 Wire Drawn 7,968 13,844 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,155 13,451 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,277 18,376 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,952 14,426 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,307 4,901 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,286 16,675 Strip - Hot Rolled 117 873 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,783 9,126 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2009 October 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 152,009 200,277 202,192 259,610 Ingots And Steel For Castings 4,652 3,272 776 547 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 1,980 2,878 8,353 6,428 Wire Rods 5,491 4,107 5,238 3,927 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,326 1,148 815 781 Plates Cut Lengths 7,848 12,335 20,394 19,799 Plates In Coils 6,723 4,511 11,857 7,462 Rails Standard 1,801 1,686 2,238 1,115 Bars - Hot Rolled 31,357 30,347 38,224 38,583 Bars - Light Shaped 895 560 956 635 Bars - Cold Finished 1,400 3,333 1,128 2,811 Tool Steel 3,489 11,132 4,365 10,467 Standard Pipe 296 929 511 1,558 Oil Country Goods 18,949 38,894 13,692 27,940 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 7,627 8,483 23,008 25,869 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 69 172 8,243 19,439 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1 20 717 753 Mechanical Tubing 3,373 8,103 2,559 7,947 Pressure Tubing 1,043 3,522 788 5,758 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,581 951 9,834 Structural Pipe & Tube 799 2,623 772 2,745 Pipe For Piling 14 12 2,112 2,877 Wire Drawn 5,494 9,230 4,802 8,260 Sheets Hot Rolled 4,565 4,241 11,732 9,921 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,751 14,483 14,474 14,601 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,157 14,596 15,367 15,248 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 2,353 2,361 339 471 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 3,245 8,213 3,178 7,083 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,037 871 970 933 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,883 6,635 3,634 5,817 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 November 2010 (CB-10-193)