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 October 2011 September 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 384,036 608,932 324,130 502,625 Ingots And Steel For Castings 875 774 1,803 1,443 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 37,158 33,428 14,908 17,321 Wire Rods 6,665 6,327 5,006 5,029 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,444 9,369 5,845 6,716 Plates Cut Lengths 23,455 38,178 22,077 31,175 Plates In Coils 16,903 18,031 21,926 21,537 Rails Standard 719 727 2,285 2,559 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,499 84,503 55,310 72,444 Bars - Light Shaped 3,125 3,034 1,762 1,664 Bars - Cold Finished 8,889 20,691 9,880 21,340 Tool Steel 12,487 37,213 10,202 31,832 Standard Pipe 2,792 5,001 2,137 4,678 Oil Country Goods 75,696 142,563 62,367 111,211 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 29,799 43,801 26,322 35,917 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 156 538 675 1,603 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,032 2,460 537 627 Mechanical Tubing 21,484 48,542 15,733 35,195 Pressure Tubing 2,200 6,534 1,267 3,295 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 435 2,309 481 2,139 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,620 5,560 2,723 7,622 Pipe For Piling 124 124 36 41 Wire Drawn 8,170 15,784 7,192 13,721 Sheets Hot Rolled 16,183 19,714 11,435 13,704 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,062 19,231 12,132 15,569 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,722 15,304 17,029 17,466 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,611 2,007 1,929 2,676 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,976 17,316 8,265 13,540 Strip - Hot Rolled 241 1,440 208 1,448 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,513 8,430 2,655 9,115 -------------------------------------------------------------- September 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 335,035 517,181 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,803 1,443 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,908 17,321 Wire Rods 7,054 6,799 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,900 6,771 Plates Cut Lengths 22,652 32,105 Plates In Coils 21,926 21,537 Rails Standard 2,285 2,559 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,269 77,635 Bars - Light Shaped 1,813 1,719 Bars - Cold Finished 9,919 21,422 Tool Steel 10,243 32,073 Standard Pipe 2,137 4,678 Oil Country Goods 64,603 114,378 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 26,322 35,917 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 675 1,603 Line Pipe - Not Specified 537 627 Mechanical Tubing 16,164 35,961 Pressure Tubing 1,267 3,295 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 505 2,530 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,814 7,922 Pipe For Piling 36 41 Wire Drawn 7,244 13,809 Sheets Hot Rolled 11,435 13,704 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,132 15,569 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,029 17,466 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,929 2,676 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,569 15,055 Strip - Hot Rolled 208 1,448 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,656 9,118 -------------------------------------------------------------- October 2010 September 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 286,412 416,348 285,110 406,700 Ingots And Steel For Castings 790 515 964 620 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 26,602 21,366 32,572 22,233 Wire Rods 3,439 2,951 4,614 3,934 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,682 5,193 6,958 6,435 Plates Cut Lengths 19,648 29,956 14,589 20,480 Plates In Coils 20,816 18,915 20,502 18,164 Rails Standard 918 956 3,401 3,621 Bars - Hot Rolled 47,136 55,786 43,752 50,928 Bars - Light Shaped 1,087 860 2,189 2,347 Bars - Cold Finished 4,464 9,946 4,348 9,431 Tool Steel 11,703 35,307 11,258 31,560 Standard Pipe 2,398 4,674 1,086 2,998 Oil Country Goods 58,610 102,007 57,856 112,229 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,404 2,225 2,780 6,001 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 722 1,170 349 1,461 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 36 59 Mechanical Tubing 10,234 21,470 7,716 17,013 Pressure Tubing 2,369 6,239 1,613 3,970 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 276 1,250 232 878 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,259 3,878 4,934 8,471 Pipe For Piling 8 12 505 626 Wire Drawn 7,968 13,844 7,307 12,364 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,155 13,451 11,141 12,872 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,277 18,376 13,925 15,188 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 14,952 14,426 14,637 13,658 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,307 4,901 4,307 5,013 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,286 16,675 8,577 16,362 Strip - Hot Rolled 117 873 127 207 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,783 9,126 2,836 7,577 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 October 2011 (CB-11-195)