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 December 2010 November 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 256,084 384,758 260,352 397,893 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,784 1,235 789 626 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,372 10,754 10,303 9,089 Wire Rods 7,874 6,439 3,587 3,076 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,905 4,434 5,677 4,747 Plates Cut Lengths 21,014 29,297 18,001 29,858 Plates In Coils 12,637 11,393 13,697 12,229 Rails Standard 1,878 2,086 208 253 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,086 54,056 39,175 45,651 Bars - Light Shaped 824 682 2,353 1,791 Bars - Cold Finished 4,925 10,820 7,000 12,654 Tool Steel 10,498 32,631 13,681 39,264 Standard Pipe 931 2,360 4,807 7,339 Oil Country Goods 46,214 87,860 55,613 102,413 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,154 12,741 1,433 2,111 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 84 279 311 777 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 400 381 Mechanical Tubing 13,361 27,439 15,689 29,488 Pressure Tubing 2,632 7,501 2,922 6,782 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 202 774 373 1,918 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,322 6,702 2,733 5,410 Pipe For Piling 7 7 71 64 Wire Drawn 7,534 13,447 8,003 12,915 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,366 10,307 11,162 10,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,870 12,425 13,569 14,955 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,405 11,421 14,710 13,385 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,610 6,115 1,868 2,467 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,756 14,221 8,585 18,103 Strip - Hot Rolled 643 802 165 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,197 6,534 3,468 8,782 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 260,669 398,839 Ingots And Steel For Castings 789 626 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 10,303 9,089 Wire Rods 3,587 3,076 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,677 4,747 Plates Cut Lengths 18,001 29,858 Plates In Coils 13,697 12,229 Rails Standard 208 253 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,275 45,970 Bars - Light Shaped 2,353 1,791 Bars - Cold Finished 7,000 12,654 Tool Steel 13,701 39,324 Standard Pipe 4,807 7,339 Oil Country Goods 55,649 102,476 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,484 2,222 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 335 828 Line Pipe - Not Specified 400 381 Mechanical Tubing 15,710 29,642 Pressure Tubing 2,922 6,782 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 373 1,918 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,733 5,410 Pipe For Piling 71 64 Wire Drawn 8,003 12,915 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,162 10,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,586 14,988 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,710 13,385 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,868 2,467 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,617 18,233 Strip - Hot Rolled 165 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,486 8,808 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2009 November 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 197,576 268,623 152,009 200,277 Ingots And Steel For Castings 632 328 4,652 3,272 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 21,408 15,304 1,980 2,878 Wire Rods 3,283 2,506 5,491 4,107 Structural Shapes Heavy 1,469 1,116 1,326 1,148 Plates Cut Lengths 12,728 20,349 7,848 12,335 Plates In Coils 1,073 836 6,723 4,511 Rails Standard 314 354 1,801 1,686 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,242 39,895 31,357 30,347 Bars - Light Shaped 1,443 1,495 895 560 Bars - Cold Finished 1,320 3,457 1,400 3,333 Tool Steel 5,807 17,981 3,489 11,132 Standard Pipe 771 1,249 296 929 Oil Country Goods 23,453 42,190 18,949 38,894 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,786 20,680 7,627 8,483 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 5,069 10,904 69 172 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 1 20 Mechanical Tubing 2,466 7,307 3,373 8,103 Pressure Tubing 2,015 8,487 1,043 3,522 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 198 1,264 391 1,581 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,177 3,760 799 2,623 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 14 12 Wire Drawn 5,892 10,231 5,494 9,230 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,289 9,525 4,565 4,241 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,314 18,894 16,751 14,483 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,116 12,984 15,157 14,596 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,294 2,006 2,353 2,361 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 4,531 9,138 3,245 8,213 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,290 1,161 1,037 871 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,197 5,223 3,883 6,635 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 December 2010 (CB-11-14)