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 September 2011 August 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 324,130 502,625 330,816 545,037 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,803 1,443 1,206 1,078 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,908 17,321 18,714 18,047 Wire Rods 5,006 5,029 5,018 5,229 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,845 6,716 8,996 10,444 Plates Cut Lengths 22,077 31,175 22,394 35,391 Plates In Coils 21,926 21,537 11,561 13,357 Rails Standard 2,285 2,559 1,273 1,596 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,310 72,444 53,534 73,004 Bars - Light Shaped 1,762 1,664 1,876 1,719 Bars - Cold Finished 9,880 21,340 9,638 21,548 Tool Steel 10,202 31,832 14,184 41,529 Standard Pipe 2,137 4,678 2,148 5,214 Oil Country Goods 62,367 111,211 74,544 144,190 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 26,322 35,917 27,625 35,558 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 675 1,603 356 846 Line Pipe - Not Specified 537 627 1,387 1,656 Mechanical Tubing 15,733 35,195 13,042 31,950 Pressure Tubing 1,267 3,295 2,130 6,684 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 481 2,139 523 2,290 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,723 7,622 2,068 5,898 Pipe For Piling 36 41 67 84 Wire Drawn 7,192 13,721 7,854 15,304 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,435 13,704 8,877 11,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,132 15,569 12,555 15,501 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,029 17,466 12,828 13,348 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,929 2,676 5,045 6,446 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,265 13,540 8,853 17,346 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 1,448 203 1,336 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,655 9,115 2,314 6,919 -------------------------------------------------------------- August 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,066 550,570 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,206 1,078 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 18,718 18,070 Wire Rods 5,018 5,229 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,996 10,444 Plates Cut Lengths 22,394 35,391 Plates In Coils 11,561 13,357 Rails Standard 1,273 1,596 Bars - Hot Rolled 55,135 76,130 Bars - Light Shaped 1,894 1,868 Bars - Cold Finished 9,646 21,595 Tool Steel 14,778 42,449 Standard Pipe 2,148 5,214 Oil Country Goods 75,191 144,789 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 27,854 35,847 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 356 846 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,387 1,656 Mechanical Tubing 13,113 32,080 Pressure Tubing 2,197 6,852 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 525 2,334 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,068 5,898 Pipe For Piling 67 84 Wire Drawn 7,854 15,304 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,877 11,525 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,555 15,501 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,828 13,348 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,045 6,446 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,865 17,385 Strip - Hot Rolled 203 1,336 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,314 6,919 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2010 August 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,110 406,700 324,572 455,377 Ingots And Steel For Castings 964 620 675 440 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 32,572 22,233 42,375 35,253 Wire Rods 4,614 3,934 5,075 4,364 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,958 6,435 12,240 11,659 Plates Cut Lengths 14,589 20,480 16,647 24,692 Plates In Coils 20,502 18,164 5,496 5,177 Rails Standard 3,401 3,621 1,782 2,022 Bars - Hot Rolled 43,752 50,928 54,151 61,342 Bars - Light Shaped 2,189 2,347 1,959 1,534 Bars - Cold Finished 4,348 9,431 4,156 9,276 Tool Steel 11,258 31,560 10,851 31,855 Standard Pipe 1,086 2,998 1,503 3,231 Oil Country Goods 57,856 112,229 70,768 131,488 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 2,780 6,001 606 1,076 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 349 1,461 219 605 Line Pipe - Not Specified 36 59 1,195 1,003 Mechanical Tubing 7,716 17,013 9,253 19,988 Pressure Tubing 1,613 3,970 1,798 4,996 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 232 878 307 1,592 Structural Pipe & Tube 4,934 8,471 1,369 3,560 Pipe For Piling 505 626 2,036 2,285 Wire Drawn 7,307 12,364 9,002 15,215 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,141 12,872 8,624 9,250 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,925 15,188 14,813 16,943 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,637 13,658 29,172 24,984 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,307 5,013 8,948 9,492 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,577 16,362 7,458 15,577 Strip - Hot Rolled 127 207 109 431 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,836 7,577 1,983 6,048 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)