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 July 2011 June 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 351,844 566,363 360,845 563,241 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,540 1,474 1,935 1,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,115 22,067 12,149 12,720 Wire Rods 7,082 6,770 6,315 5,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,509 8,057 9,862 9,773 Plates Cut Lengths 23,584 33,551 27,917 41,449 Plates In Coils 13,567 13,473 21,067 22,944 Rails Standard 3,827 4,500 1,095 1,437 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,967 97,431 69,962 87,116 Bars - Light Shaped 2,494 2,226 2,312 2,101 Bars - Cold Finished 6,289 16,251 11,315 23,195 Tool Steel 13,463 41,070 12,407 39,514 Standard Pipe 4,674 7,708 3,586 8,014 Oil Country Goods 73,660 138,597 65,105 119,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,941 8,899 18,638 25,824 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 52 143 392 672 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,605 7,340 1,486 1,875 Mechanical Tubing 15,517 37,650 16,577 38,903 Pressure Tubing 2,932 8,166 2,286 5,614 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 457 2,435 612 2,550 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,479 5,285 1,975 6,418 Pipe For Piling 3 3 7 11 Wire Drawn 9,341 17,392 8,310 16,251 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,674 22,479 18,456 25,132 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,176 20,156 19,718 23,751 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 10,563 11,349 12,443 13,673 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,477 6,430 4,252 5,193 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,989 15,940 7,019 13,504 Strip - Hot Rolled 384 1,427 170 483 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 8,096 3,476 8,392 -------------------------------------------------------------- June 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 361,988 565,296 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,935 1,931 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,149 12,720 Wire Rods 6,315 5,773 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,868 9,792 Plates Cut Lengths 28,623 42,229 Plates In Coils 21,067 22,944 Rails Standard 1,095 1,437 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,100 87,622 Bars - Light Shaped 2,312 2,101 Bars - Cold Finished 11,315 23,195 Tool Steel 12,449 39,642 Standard Pipe 3,586 8,014 Oil Country Goods 65,105 119,029 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 18,638 25,824 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 398 699 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,486 1,875 Mechanical Tubing 16,577 38,903 Pressure Tubing 2,286 5,614 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 614 2,560 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,991 6,554 Pipe For Piling 7 11 Wire Drawn 8,470 16,465 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,456 25,132 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,718 23,751 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,443 13,673 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,252 5,193 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,074 13,643 Strip - Hot Rolled 170 483 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,488 8,487 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2010 June 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 323,683 477,303 259,407 363,634 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,027 923 1,836 1,090 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,031 21,248 2,868 4,554 Wire Rods 4,876 4,321 8,399 7,169 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,887 6,337 5,571 4,560 Plates Cut Lengths 26,559 40,273 20,716 30,565 Plates In Coils 7,090 7,054 9,021 8,303 Rails Standard 2,215 2,388 1,621 1,992 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,191 49,763 38,505 41,069 Bars - Light Shaped 2,010 1,514 2,210 1,801 Bars - Cold Finished 3,860 8,950 3,378 7,771 Tool Steel 11,867 33,026 10,439 27,909 Standard Pipe 1,188 2,668 1,976 3,097 Oil Country Goods 93,247 165,735 59,569 102,601 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,733 2,532 679 870 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 163 461 93 375 Line Pipe - Not Specified 639 452 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 9,258 17,924 6,838 14,648 Pressure Tubing 2,442 6,190 1,020 2,600 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 201 993 281 1,289 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,848 5,839 4,968 8,744 Pipe For Piling 20 24 572 633 Wire Drawn 8,951 14,241 9,123 15,079 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,208 13,303 13,471 12,940 Sheets Cold Rolled 20,315 22,061 16,362 16,901 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,716 16,586 30,173 26,262 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,868 5,619 1,440 1,861 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,765 16,535 6,532 13,953 Strip - Hot Rolled 246 1,275 104 718 Strip - Cold Rolled 5,263 9,068 1,642 4,281 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 July 2011 (CB-11-141)