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 December 2011 November 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,053 540,107 322,962 532,184 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,635 1,454 1,638 1,462 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,562 15,318 9,466 11,917 Wire Rods 3,197 3,003 4,443 4,255 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,303 6,638 7,170 7,641 Plates Cut Lengths 17,359 27,019 20,969 31,493 Plates In Coils 13,534 11,014 28,935 25,166 Rails Standard 2,119 2,259 545 632 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,751 76,419 57,546 77,493 Bars - Light Shaped 2,666 2,516 2,551 2,570 Bars - Cold Finished 5,843 13,018 9,966 24,085 Tool Steel 13,512 43,442 12,485 39,138 Standard Pipe 3,433 8,772 2,108 5,350 Oil Country Goods 86,930 170,348 62,114 123,926 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,463 2,349 10,953 17,550 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 930 2,669 650 1,791 Line Pipe - Not Specified 196 246 235 275 Mechanical Tubing 19,852 51,603 14,488 37,017 Pressure Tubing 3,844 13,548 3,362 11,349 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 288 1,502 340 1,633 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,974 5,455 2,049 5,895 Pipe For Piling 14 14 18 36 Wire Drawn 7,639 13,922 8,166 15,202 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,191 9,133 14,634 17,656 Sheets Cold Rolled 12,640 16,686 17,137 20,888 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,624 19,702 16,609 19,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,375 1,897 1,906 2,689 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,096 11,510 10,599 19,162 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 164 222 702 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,042 8,486 1,660 5,882 -------------------------------------------------------------- November 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 330,241 542,443 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,763 1,694 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 14,790 17,723 Wire Rods 4,443 4,255 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,170 7,641 Plates Cut Lengths 21,981 33,174 Plates In Coils 29,040 25,463 Rails Standard 545 632 Bars - Hot Rolled 57,581 77,665 Bars - Light Shaped 2,555 2,575 Bars - Cold Finished 10,009 24,159 Tool Steel 12,667 40,304 Standard Pipe 2,108 5,350 Oil Country Goods 62,410 124,275 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,953 17,550 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 685 1,833 Line Pipe - Not Specified 235 275 Mechanical Tubing 14,506 37,080 Pressure Tubing 3,362 11,349 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 340 1,633 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,052 5,932 Pipe For Piling 18 36 Wire Drawn 8,176 15,263 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,634 17,656 Sheets Cold Rolled 17,138 20,896 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,609 19,328 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,906 2,689 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,599 19,162 Strip - Hot Rolled 283 757 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,684 6,091 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2010 November 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 285,252 416,018 260,669 398,839 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,804 1,248 789 626 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,372 10,754 10,303 9,089 Wire Rods 7,874 6,439 3,587 3,076 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,905 4,434 5,677 4,747 Plates Cut Lengths 21,016 29,303 18,001 29,858 Plates In Coils 35,046 28,984 13,697 12,229 Rails Standard 1,878 2,086 208 253 Bars - Hot Rolled 46,111 54,128 39,275 45,970 Bars - Light Shaped 824 682 2,353 1,791 Bars - Cold Finished 5,050 11,102 7,000 12,654 Tool Steel 11,932 34,674 13,701 39,324 Standard Pipe 4,028 9,277 4,807 7,339 Oil Country Goods 48,027 91,587 55,649 102,476 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 10,154 12,741 1,484 2,222 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 109 319 335 828 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 400 381 Mechanical Tubing 13,375 27,477 15,710 29,642 Pressure Tubing 2,632 7,501 2,922 6,782 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 202 774 373 1,918 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,322 6,702 2,733 5,410 Pipe For Piling 7 7 71 64 Wire Drawn 7,652 13,618 8,003 12,915 Sheets Hot Rolled 9,367 10,313 11,162 10,735 Sheets Cold Rolled 10,876 12,452 13,586 14,988 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 12,405 11,421 14,710 13,385 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 5,610 6,115 1,868 2,467 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 5,821 14,324 8,617 18,233 Strip - Hot Rolled 643 802 165 631 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,209 6,753 3,486 8,808 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)