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 February 2011 January 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 260,632 380,023 284,398 432,969 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,990 1,508 507 448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,421 19,738 19,040 20,080 Wire Rods 4,104 3,437 4,902 4,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,259 5,506 5,141 5,540 Plates Cut Lengths 16,465 23,653 21,396 31,100 Plates In Coils 13,732 11,967 9,051 7,488 Rails Standard 3,711 4,028 222 305 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,033 57,520 56,332 65,741 Bars - Light Shaped 1,251 1,096 1,225 1,012 Bars - Cold Finished 5,759 13,924 5,481 12,153 Tool Steel 11,125 35,341 14,273 37,597 Standard Pipe 1,239 2,958 6,577 11,112 Oil Country Goods 43,619 75,842 54,605 98,605 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 8,958 11,510 11,807 17,747 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 185 262 78 210 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,031 1,934 21 14 Mechanical Tubing 12,781 25,992 12,359 26,599 Pressure Tubing 1,954 5,182 2,030 5,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 323 1,148 262 1,078 Structural Pipe & Tube 868 2,786 1,554 4,987 Pipe For Piling 15 16 28 28 Wire Drawn 5,805 10,340 7,330 12,895 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,209 7,719 5,886 7,267 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,504 12,265 12,633 12,790 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,336 13,250 14,240 14,648 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,307 7,789 4,548 5,607 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,890 15,788 9,786 19,058 Strip - Hot Rolled 110 703 178 1,381 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,648 6,821 2,907 8,089 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,566 467,970 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,042 20,101 Wire Rods 4,902 4,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,225 5,615 Plates Cut Lengths 21,396 31,100 Plates In Coils 25,921 21,127 Rails Standard 222 305 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,763 66,236 Bars - Light Shaped 1,253 1,038 Bars - Cold Finished 5,532 12,271 Tool Steel 15,947 39,591 Standard Pipe 6,577 11,112 Oil Country Goods 62,343 110,998 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,807 17,747 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 78 210 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 14 Mechanical Tubing 13,116 28,304 Pressure Tubing 2,030 5,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 420 1,935 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,577 5,011 Pipe For Piling 30 31 Wire Drawn 7,346 12,917 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,895 7,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,562 14,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,056 15,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,548 5,607 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,332 19,955 Strip - Hot Rolled 178 1,381 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,939 8,153 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2010 January 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 219,260 283,948 212,206 276,014 Ingots And Steel For Castings 689 376 1,144 641 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,189 11,442 18,936 13,157 Wire Rods 6,033 4,470 5,347 4,033 Structural Shapes Heavy 3,160 2,930 2,214 2,027 Plates Cut Lengths 13,271 19,324 14,665 19,808 Plates In Coils 2,976 2,637 1,884 2,093 Rails Standard 2,267 1,892 286 285 Bars - Hot Rolled 32,595 33,567 40,235 38,196 Bars - Light Shaped 2,204 1,569 2,059 1,315 Bars - Cold Finished 1,374 3,359 1,815 3,739 Tool Steel 7,455 17,934 4,774 13,335 Standard Pipe 368 1,520 410 1,000 Oil Country Goods 32,701 56,429 30,698 59,277 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 30,029 36,257 21,941 28,016 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 30 292 278 628 Line Pipe - Not Specified 4,659 4,620 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 2,020 5,700 3,623 8,728 Pressure Tubing 126 2,656 1,317 3,932 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 146 717 220 901 Structural Pipe & Tube 724 2,616 1,717 4,154 Pipe For Piling 75 70 132 156 Wire Drawn 5,661 9,753 6,341 9,860 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,080 7,945 6,213 6,305 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,170 19,976 14,904 16,325 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,698 14,322 15,860 14,538 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,395 4,829 4,254 4,282 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,726 10,515 7,591 13,609 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,440 1,604 1,356 901 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,994 4,626 1,991 4,774 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 February 2011 (CB-11-50)