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 March 2011 February 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 332,656 516,465 260,632 380,023 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,180 1,383 1,990 1,508 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,429 29,712 22,421 19,738 Wire Rods 5,960 4,869 4,104 3,437 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,695 7,078 5,259 5,506 Plates Cut Lengths 29,378 44,268 16,465 23,653 Plates In Coils 9,034 8,898 13,732 11,967 Rails Standard 2,325 2,570 3,711 4,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,977 70,733 48,033 57,520 Bars - Light Shaped 1,818 2,583 1,251 1,096 Bars - Cold Finished 9,421 19,960 5,759 13,924 Tool Steel 12,016 35,888 11,125 35,341 Standard Pipe 2,754 6,391 1,239 2,958 Oil Country Goods 76,646 136,700 43,619 75,842 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,567 5,404 8,958 11,510 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,101 2,032 185 262 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,078 1,013 2,031 1,934 Mechanical Tubing 11,986 26,429 12,781 25,992 Pressure Tubing 2,690 6,807 1,954 5,182 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,274 323 1,148 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,854 5,447 868 2,786 Pipe For Piling 19 17 15 16 Wire Drawn 6,906 12,852 5,805 10,340 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,077 17,295 7,209 7,719 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,255 21,059 11,504 12,265 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,813 16,855 13,336 13,250 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,183 4,429 6,307 7,789 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,229 16,838 7,890 15,788 Strip - Hot Rolled 238 1,282 110 703 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,677 6,399 2,648 6,821 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,725 397,595 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,990 1,508 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,481 19,885 Wire Rods 4,161 3,505 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,275 5,522 Plates Cut Lengths 16,687 24,305 Plates In Coils 13,732 11,967 Rails Standard 3,711 4,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,366 57,978 Bars - Light Shaped 1,251 1,096 Bars - Cold Finished 5,839 14,229 Tool Steel 11,584 36,344 Standard Pipe 1,305 3,182 Oil Country Goods 48,503 86,584 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 8,958 11,510 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 223 339 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,031 1,934 Mechanical Tubing 13,551 27,778 Pressure Tubing 2,008 5,426 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 336 1,221 Structural Pipe & Tube 868 2,786 Pipe For Piling 15 16 Wire Drawn 5,848 10,451 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,209 7,719 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,725 12,497 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,668 13,815 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,307 7,789 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,333 16,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 110 703 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,648 6,821 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2010 February 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 274,525 367,757 219,260 283,948 Ingots And Steel For Castings 687 636 689 376 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 20,332 15,776 15,189 11,442 Wire Rods 7,098 5,429 6,033 4,470 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,941 5,011 3,160 2,930 Plates Cut Lengths 13,754 22,300 13,271 19,324 Plates In Coils 2,049 2,056 2,976 2,637 Rails Standard 1,581 1,622 2,267 1,892 Bars - Hot Rolled 39,495 39,830 32,595 33,567 Bars - Light Shaped 2,623 1,956 2,204 1,569 Bars - Cold Finished 3,007 5,937 1,374 3,359 Tool Steel 8,844 22,757 7,455 17,934 Standard Pipe 777 1,933 368 1,520 Oil Country Goods 54,552 94,936 32,701 56,429 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 34,782 41,158 30,029 36,257 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 77 406 30 292 Line Pipe - Not Specified 111 226 4,659 4,620 Mechanical Tubing 3,408 8,556 2,020 5,700 Pressure Tubing 1,263 4,374 126 2,656 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 359 1,512 146 717 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,869 5,189 724 2,616 Pipe For Piling 12 12 75 70 Wire Drawn 7,390 13,212 5,661 9,753 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,448 8,548 8,080 7,945 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,360 16,159 18,170 19,976 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 26,741 23,444 15,698 14,322 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,836 5,973 4,395 4,829 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,192 10,877 5,726 10,515 Strip - Hot Rolled 1,220 1,204 1,440 1,604 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,715 6,732 1,994 4,626 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 March 2011 (CB-11-68)