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 April 2011 March 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 346,753 519,222 332,656 516,465 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,934 1,180 1,383 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,827 10,098 25,429 29,712 Wire Rods 5,646 4,998 5,960 4,869 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,032 5,107 6,695 7,078 Plates Cut Lengths 24,792 36,866 29,378 44,268 Plates In Coils 9,417 10,482 9,034 8,898 Rails Standard 3,831 4,420 2,325 2,570 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,588 82,505 55,977 70,733 Bars - Light Shaped 997 920 1,818 2,583 Bars - Cold Finished 6,939 16,793 9,421 19,960 Tool Steel 10,762 35,677 12,016 35,888 Standard Pipe 5,495 14,670 2,754 6,391 Oil Country Goods 53,072 90,821 76,646 136,700 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,382 63,111 4,567 5,404 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,514 4,985 1,101 2,032 Line Pipe - Not Specified 244 415 1,078 1,013 Mechanical Tubing 10,333 23,896 11,986 26,429 Pressure Tubing 1,419 4,645 2,690 6,807 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 438 1,789 348 1,274 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,818 5,081 1,854 5,447 Pipe For Piling 51 48 19 17 Wire Drawn 8,348 15,123 6,906 12,852 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,679 21,280 14,077 17,295 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,129 19,919 18,255 21,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,256 15,438 16,813 16,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,426 4,081 3,183 4,429 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,876 16,383 8,229 16,838 Strip - Hot Rolled 120 916 238 1,282 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,548 5,822 2,677 6,399 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,404 518,501 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,180 1,383 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,429 29,712 Wire Rods 5,960 4,869 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,695 7,078 Plates Cut Lengths 29,378 44,279 Plates In Coils 9,034 8,898 Rails Standard 2,325 2,570 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,339 71,252 Bars - Light Shaped 1,818 1,548 Bars - Cold Finished 9,421 19,960 Tool Steel 12,167 36,315 Standard Pipe 2,754 6,391 Oil Country Goods 77,637 138,254 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,568 5,407 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,101 2,032 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,078 1,013 Mechanical Tubing 11,986 26,429 Pressure Tubing 2,697 6,829 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,274 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,893 5,685 Pipe For Piling 19 17 Wire Drawn 6,917 12,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,077 17,295 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,255 21,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,813 16,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,183 4,429 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,415 17,092 Strip - Hot Rolled 238 1,282 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,677 6,399 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2010 March 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 281,354 377,889 274,525 367,757 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,551 1,394 687 636 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,243 9,245 20,332 15,776 Wire Rods 5,003 4,231 7,098 5,429 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,044 5,702 5,941 5,011 Plates Cut Lengths 21,241 27,869 13,754 22,300 Plates In Coils 8,076 6,897 2,049 2,056 Rails Standard 1,444 1,607 1,581 1,622 Bars - Hot Rolled 36,665 39,420 39,495 39,830 Bars - Light Shaped 2,442 1,904 2,623 1,956 Bars - Cold Finished 2,737 5,880 3,007 5,937 Tool Steel 8,383 22,376 8,844 22,757 Standard Pipe 555 1,836 777 1,933 Oil Country Goods 59,916 102,214 54,552 94,936 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 28,528 36,018 34,782 41,158 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 645 1,626 77 406 Line Pipe - Not Specified 36 88 111 226 Mechanical Tubing 4,180 9,629 3,408 8,556 Pressure Tubing 2,168 7,134 1,263 4,374 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 437 2,091 359 1,512 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,996 5,228 1,869 5,189 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) 12 12 Wire Drawn 6,702 11,370 7,390 13,212 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,462 12,896 8,448 8,548 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,110 16,151 14,360 16,159 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,921 22,638 26,741 23,444 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,372 1,985 4,836 5,973 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,996 13,919 5,192 10,877 Strip - Hot Rolled 614 1,018 1,220 1,204 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,885 5,524 3,715 6,732 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)