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 June 2011 May 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 360,845 563,241 377,583 565,578 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,935 1,931 2,027 2,447 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,149 12,720 42,926 50,886 Wire Rods 6,315 5,773 6,340 5,759 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,862 9,773 8,051 7,375 Plates Cut Lengths 27,917 41,449 22,547 33,794 Plates In Coils 21,067 22,944 11,887 11,590 Rails Standard 1,095 1,437 4,333 3,017 Bars - Hot Rolled 69,962 87,116 61,931 76,847 Bars - Light Shaped 2,312 2,101 2,050 1,868 Bars - Cold Finished 11,315 23,195 8,121 17,609 Tool Steel 12,407 39,514 12,662 36,289 Standard Pipe 3,586 8,014 4,091 9,544 Oil Country Goods 65,105 119,029 71,707 124,909 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,638 25,824 42,978 54,828 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 392 672 17 51 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,486 1,875 3,452 5,846 Mechanical Tubing 16,577 38,903 11,303 27,137 Pressure Tubing 2,286 5,614 2,653 6,837 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 612 2,550 391 1,764 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,975 6,418 1,356 5,262 Pipe For Piling 7 11 94 89 Wire Drawn 8,310 16,251 7,924 14,871 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,456 25,132 7,960 9,894 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,718 23,751 14,108 16,993 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,443 13,673 15,794 15,759 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,252 5,193 1,435 1,976 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,019 13,504 7,276 15,195 Strip - Hot Rolled 170 483 128 888 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,476 8,392 2,041 6,252 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 410,989 614,402 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,330 2,676 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,495 55,955 Wire Rods 6,372 5,789 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,034 8,410 Plates Cut Lengths 25,388 37,552 Plates In Coils 20,116 19,294 Rails Standard 2,688 3,097 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,529 88,005 Bars - Light Shaped 2,062 1,881 Bars - Cold Finished 8,394 18,413 Tool Steel 14,435 40,934 Standard Pipe 4,209 9,918 Oil Country Goods 75,022 130,168 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,978 54,828 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23 95 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,516 5,917 Mechanical Tubing 12,209 29,971 Pressure Tubing 2,790 7,181 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 412 1,915 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,402 5,436 Pipe For Piling 94 89 Wire Drawn 8,545 16,154 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,403 10,553 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,264 17,249 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,723 16,750 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,449 2,002 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,809 16,769 Strip - Hot Rolled 128 888 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,169 6,516 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2010 May 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 259,407 363,634 293,896 420,505 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,836 1,090 620 635 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 2,868 4,554 13,653 14,045 Wire Rods 8,399 7,169 5,065 4,342 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,571 4,560 7,518 6,222 Plates Cut Lengths 20,716 30,565 14,546 22,224 Plates In Coils 9,021 8,303 3,963 3,609 Rails Standard 1,621 1,992 2,471 2,521 Bars - Hot Rolled 38,505 41,069 43,778 47,955 Bars - Light Shaped 2,210 1,801 2,743 2,216 Bars - Cold Finished 3,378 7,771 4,579 9,475 Tool Steel 10,439 27,909 11,208 29,442 Standard Pipe 1,976 3,097 1,505 3,620 Oil Country Goods 59,569 102,601 81,279 137,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 679 870 13,744 17,620 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 93 375 335 729 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 17 39 Mechanical Tubing 6,838 14,648 8,383 17,364 Pressure Tubing 1,020 2,600 3,019 7,131 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 281 1,289 496 2,258 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,968 8,744 1,900 4,838 Pipe For Piling 572 633 (-) (-) Wire Drawn 9,123 15,079 6,622 11,448 Sheets Hot Rolled 13,471 12,940 10,435 11,139 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,362 16,901 14,876 16,037 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 30,173 26,262 24,782 21,100 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,440 1,861 6,345 7,174 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,532 13,953 6,982 13,735 Strip - Hot Rolled 104 718 79 192 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,642 4,281 2,954 5,798 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 June 2011 (CB-11-127)