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 January 2011 December 2010 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 284,398 432,969 256,084 384,758 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 448 1,784 1,235 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,040 20,080 13,372 10,754 Wire Rods 4,902 4,069 7,874 6,439 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,141 5,540 4,905 4,434 Plates Cut Lengths 21,396 31,100 21,014 29,297 Plates In Coils 9,051 7,488 12,637 11,393 Rails Standard 222 305 1,878 2,086 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,332 65,741 46,086 54,056 Bars - Light Shaped 1,225 1,012 824 682 Bars - Cold Finished 5,481 12,153 4,925 10,820 Tool Steel 14,273 37,597 10,498 32,631 Standard Pipe 6,577 11,112 931 2,360 Oil Country Goods 54,605 98,605 46,214 87,860 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,807 17,747 10,154 12,741 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 78 210 84 279 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 14 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 12,359 26,599 13,361 27,439 Pressure Tubing 2,030 5,321 2,632 7,501 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 262 1,078 202 774 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,554 4,987 2,322 6,702 Pipe For Piling 28 28 7 7 Wire Drawn 7,330 12,895 7,534 13,447 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,886 7,267 9,366 10,307 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,633 12,790 10,870 12,425 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,240 14,648 12,405 11,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,548 5,607 5,610 6,115 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,786 19,058 5,756 14,221 Strip - Hot Rolled 178 1,381 643 802 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,907 8,089 2,197 6,534 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2010 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,252 416,018 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,804 1,248 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,372 10,754 Wire Rods 7,874 6,439 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,905 4,434 Plates Cut Lengths 21,016 29,303 Plates In Coils 35,046 28,984 Rails Standard 1,878 2,086 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,111 54,128 Bars - Light Shaped 824 682 Bars - Cold Finished 5,050 11,102 Tool Steel 11,932 34,674 Standard Pipe 4,028 9,277 Oil Country Goods 48,027 91,587 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,154 12,741 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 109 319 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,375 27,477 Pressure Tubing 2,632 7,501 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 202 774 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,322 6,702 Pipe For Piling 7 7 Wire Drawn 7,652 13,618 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,367 10,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,876 12,452 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,405 11,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,610 6,115 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,821 14,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 643 802 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,209 6,753 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2010 December 2009 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 212,206 276,014 197,576 268,623 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,144 641 632 328 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,936 13,157 21,408 15,304 Wire Rods 5,347 4,033 3,283 2,506 Structural Shapes Heavy 2,214 2,027 1,469 1,116 Plates Cut Lengths 14,665 19,808 12,728 20,349 Plates In Coils 1,884 2,093 1,073 836 Rails Standard 286 285 314 354 Bars - Hot Rolled 40,235 38,196 39,242 39,895 Bars - Light Shaped 2,059 1,315 1,443 1,495 Bars - Cold Finished 1,815 3,739 1,320 3,457 Tool Steel 4,774 13,335 5,807 17,981 Standard Pipe 410 1,000 771 1,249 Oil Country Goods 30,698 59,277 23,453 42,190 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 21,941 28,016 17,786 20,680 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 278 628 5,069 10,904 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 3,623 8,728 2,466 7,307 Pressure Tubing 1,317 3,932 2,015 8,487 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 220 901 198 1,264 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,717 4,154 1,177 3,760 Pipe For Piling 132 156 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,341 9,860 5,892 10,231 Sheets Hot Rolled 6,213 6,305 9,289 9,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,904 16,325 18,314 18,894 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,860 14,538 13,116 12,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,254 4,282 1,294 2,006 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,591 13,609 4,531 9,138 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,356 901 1,290 1,161 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,991 4,774 2,197 5,223 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 Matthew Przybocki (301-763-3148) or Janet Fre as (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary January 2011 (CB-11-30)