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 May 2011 April 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 377,583 565,578 346,753 519,222 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,027 2,447 2,774 2,934 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,926 50,886 8,827 10,098 Wire Rods 6,340 5,759 5,646 4,998 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,051 7,375 5,032 5,107 Plates Cut Lengths 22,547 33,794 24,792 36,866 Plates In Coils 11,887 11,590 9,417 10,482 Rails Standard 4,333 3,017 3,831 4,420 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,931 76,847 68,588 82,505 Bars - Light Shaped 2,050 1,868 997 920 Bars - Cold Finished 8,121 17,609 6,939 16,793 Tool Steel 12,662 36,289 10,762 35,677 Standard Pipe 4,091 9,544 5,495 14,670 Oil Country Goods 71,707 124,909 53,072 90,821 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,978 54,828 50,382 63,111 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 17 51 2,514 4,985 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,452 5,846 244 415 Mechanical Tubing 11,303 27,137 10,333 23,896 Pressure Tubing 2,653 6,837 1,419 4,645 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 391 1,764 438 1,789 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,356 5,262 1,818 5,081 Pipe For Piling 94 89 51 48 Wire Drawn 7,924 14,871 8,348 15,123 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,960 9,894 17,679 21,280 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,108 16,993 19,129 19,919 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,794 15,759 15,256 15,438 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,435 1,976 3,426 4,081 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,276 15,195 7,876 16,383 Strip - Hot Rolled 128 888 120 916 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,041 6,252 1,548 5,822 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 349,384 524,335 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,934 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,827 10,098 Wire Rods 5,646 4,998 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,032 5,107 Plates Cut Lengths 24,792 36,866 Plates In Coils 9,417 10,482 Rails Standard 3,831 4,420 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,609 82,572 Bars - Light Shaped 1,018 939 Bars - Cold Finished 6,954 16,871 Tool Steel 10,821 36,052 Standard Pipe 6,905 16,833 Oil Country Goods 53,959 92,170 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,382 63,111 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,530 5,019 Line Pipe - Not Specified 244 415 Mechanical Tubing 10,402 24,533 Pressure Tubing 1,432 4,724 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 445 1,829 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,818 5,081 Pipe For Piling 51 48 Wire Drawn 8,382 15,185 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,679 21,280 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,129 19,919 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,256 15,438 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,426 4,081 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,951 16,525 Strip - Hot Rolled 120 916 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,552 5,889 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2010 April 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 293,896 420,505 281,354 377,889 Ingots And Steel For Castings 620 635 1,551 1,394 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,653 14,045 13,243 9,245 Wire Rods 5,065 4,342 5,003 4,231 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,518 6,222 7,044 5,702 Plates Cut Lengths 14,546 22,224 21,241 27,869 Plates In Coils 3,963 3,609 8,076 6,897 Rails Standard 2,471 2,521 1,444 1,607 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,778 47,955 36,665 39,420 Bars - Light Shaped 2,743 2,216 2,442 1,904 Bars - Cold Finished 4,579 9,475 2,737 5,880 Tool Steel 11,208 29,442 8,383 22,376 Standard Pipe 1,505 3,620 555 1,836 Oil Country Goods 81,279 137,597 59,916 102,214 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,744 17,620 28,528 36,018 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 335 729 645 1,626 Line Pipe - Not Specified 17 39 36 88 Mechanical Tubing 8,383 17,364 4,180 9,629 Pressure Tubing 3,019 7,131 2,168 7,134 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 496 2,258 437 2,091 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,900 4,838 1,996 5,228 Pipe For Piling (-) (-) (-) (-) Wire Drawn 6,622 11,448 6,702 11,370 Sheets Hot Rolled 10,435 11,139 13,462 12,896 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,876 16,037 16,110 16,151 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 24,782 21,100 24,921 22,638 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,345 7,174 1,372 1,985 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,982 13,735 8,996 13,919 Strip - Hot Rolled 79 192 614 1,018 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,954 5,798 2,885 5,524 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 May 2011 (CB-11-111)