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 August 2011 July 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,816 545,037 351,844 566,363 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,206 1,078 1,540 1,474 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,714 18,047 19,115 22,067 Wire Rods 5,018 5,229 7,082 6,770 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,996 10,444 7,509 8,057 Plates Cut Lengths 22,394 35,391 23,584 33,551 Plates In Coils 11,561 13,357 13,567 13,473 Rails Standard 1,273 1,596 3,827 4,500 Bars - Hot Rolled 53,534 73,004 71,967 97,431 Bars - Light Shaped 1,876 1,719 2,494 2,226 Bars - Cold Finished 9,638 21,548 6,289 16,251 Tool Steel 14,184 41,529 13,463 41,070 Standard Pipe 2,148 5,214 4,674 7,708 Oil Country Goods 74,544 144,190 73,660 138,597 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,625 35,558 5,941 8,899 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 356 846 52 143 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,387 1,656 5,605 7,340 Mechanical Tubing 13,042 31,950 15,517 37,650 Pressure Tubing 2,130 6,684 2,932 8,166 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 523 2,290 457 2,435 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,068 5,898 1,479 5,285 Pipe For Piling 67 84 3 3 Wire Drawn 7,854 15,304 9,341 17,392 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,877 11,525 18,674 22,479 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,555 15,501 16,176 20,156 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,828 13,348 10,563 11,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,045 6,446 5,477 6,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,853 17,346 7,989 15,940 Strip - Hot Rolled 203 1,336 384 1,427 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,314 6,919 2,484 8,096 -------------------------------------------------------------- July 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 355,550 572,862 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,540 1,474 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,115 22,067 Wire Rods 7,082 6,770 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,550 8,106 Plates Cut Lengths 24,184 34,217 Plates In Coils 13,567 13,473 Rails Standard 3,827 4,500 Bars - Hot Rolled 71,967 97,431 Bars - Light Shaped 2,494 2,226 Bars - Cold Finished 6,325 16,331 Tool Steel 13,628 42,112 Standard Pipe 6,089 9,485 Oil Country Goods 74,166 139,636 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 5,941 8,899 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 52 143 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,605 7,340 Mechanical Tubing 15,971 38,784 Pressure Tubing 2,932 8,166 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 467 2,483 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,479 5,285 Pipe For Piling 3 3 Wire Drawn 9,493 17,659 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,674 22,479 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,188 20,201 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 10,563 11,349 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,477 6,430 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,304 16,290 Strip - Hot Rolled 384 1,427 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,484 8,096 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2010 July 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,572 455,377 323,683 477,303 Ingots And Steel For Castings 675 440 1,027 923 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 42,375 35,253 26,031 21,248 Wire Rods 5,075 4,364 4,876 4,321 Structural Shapes Heavy 12,240 11,659 6,887 6,337 Plates Cut Lengths 16,647 24,692 26,559 40,273 Plates In Coils 5,496 5,177 7,090 7,054 Rails Standard 1,782 2,022 2,215 2,388 Bars - Hot Rolled 54,151 61,342 43,191 49,763 Bars - Light Shaped 1,959 1,534 2,010 1,514 Bars - Cold Finished 4,156 9,276 3,860 8,950 Tool Steel 10,851 31,855 11,867 33,026 Standard Pipe 1,503 3,231 1,188 2,668 Oil Country Goods 70,768 131,488 93,247 165,735 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 606 1,076 1,733 2,532 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 219 605 163 461 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,195 1,003 639 452 Mechanical Tubing 9,253 19,988 9,258 17,924 Pressure Tubing 1,798 4,996 2,442 6,190 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 307 1,592 201 993 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,369 3,560 2,848 5,839 Pipe For Piling 2,036 2,285 20 24 Wire Drawn 9,002 15,215 8,951 14,241 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,624 9,250 12,208 13,303 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,813 16,943 20,315 22,061 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 29,172 24,984 17,716 16,586 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 8,948 9,492 4,868 5,619 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,458 15,577 6,765 16,535 Strip - Hot Rolled 109 431 246 1,275 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,983 6,048 5,263 9,068 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 Freas (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary August 2011 (CB-11-162)