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 January 2012 December 2011 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 310,954 505,242 315,053 540,107 Ingots And Steel For Castings 904 1,062 1,635 1,454 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,636 14,097 13,562 15,318 Wire Rods 7,631 7,077 3,197 3,003 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,730 8,936 6,303 6,638 Plates Cut Lengths 19,729 30,375 17,359 27,019 Plates In Coils 11,634 11,554 13,534 11,014 Rails Standard 2,092 2,229 2,119 2,259 Bars - Hot Rolled 61,519 83,635 57,751 76,419 Bars - Light Shaped 3,769 3,774 2,666 2,516 Bars - Cold Finished 9,339 24,122 5,843 13,018 Tool Steel 16,041 44,946 13,512 43,442 Standard Pipe 1,353 3,929 3,433 8,772 Oil Country Goods 48,658 88,255 86,930 170,348 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,115 23,910 1,463 2,349 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,016 5,456 930 2,669 Line Pipe - Not Specified (-) (-) 196 246 Mechanical Tubing 15,769 39,265 19,852 51,603 Pressure Tubing 2,918 8,496 3,844 13,548 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 492 2,246 288 1,502 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,932 6,705 1,974 5,455 Pipe For Piling 41 41 14 14 Wire Drawn 10,726 19,113 7,639 13,922 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,341 17,117 8,191 9,133 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,777 12,801 12,640 16,686 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,197 20,023 18,624 19,702 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,651 2,227 1,375 1,897 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,802 15,712 6,096 11,510 Strip - Hot Rolled 193 814 41 164 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,952 7,322 4,042 8,486 -------------------------------------------------------------- December 2011 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 323,724 557,817 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,786 1,704 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 13,936 15,891 Wire Rods 3,197 3,003 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,313 6,648 Plates Cut Lengths 17,399 27,069 Plates In Coils 13,554 11,031 Rails Standard 2,150 2,293 Bars - Hot Rolled 59,354 79,062 Bars - Light Shaped 2,680 2,528 Bars - Cold Finished 5,844 13,035 Tool Steel 13,608 44,684 Standard Pipe 3,468 8,889 Oil Country Goods 90,345 177,469 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 1,463 2,349 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,990 4,623 Line Pipe - Not Specified 196 246 Mechanical Tubing 20,305 52,955 Pressure Tubing 3,951 14,030 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 295 1,540 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,985 5,498 Pipe For Piling 14 14 Wire Drawn 8,089 14,554 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,290 9,219 Sheets Cold Rolled 13,263 17,575 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,624 19,702 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,375 1,897 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 6,166 11,659 Strip - Hot Rolled 41 164 Strip - Cold Rolled 4,042 8,486 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2011 December 2010 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 315,566 467,970 285,252 416,018 Ingots And Steel For Castings 507 448 1,804 1,248 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 19,042 20,101 13,372 10,754 Wire Rods 4,902 4,069 7,874 6,439 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,225 5,615 4,905 4,434 Plates Cut Lengths 21,396 31,100 21,016 29,303 Plates In Coils 25,921 21,127 35,046 28,984 Rails Standard 222 305 1,878 2,086 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,763 66,236 46,111 54,128 Bars - Light Shaped 1,253 1,038 824 682 Bars - Cold Finished 5,532 12,271 5,050 11,102 Tool Steel 15,947 39,591 11,932 34,674 Standard Pipe 6,577 11,112 4,028 9,277 Oil Country Goods 62,343 110,998 48,027 91,587 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 11,807 17,747 10,154 12,741 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 78 210 109 319 Line Pipe - Not Specified 21 14 (-) (-) Mechanical Tubing 13,116 28,304 13,375 27,477 Pressure Tubing 2,030 5,321 2,632 7,501 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 420 1,935 202 774 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,577 5,011 2,322 6,702 Pipe For Piling 30 31 7 7 Wire Drawn 7,346 12,917 7,652 13,618 Sheets Hot Rolled 5,895 7,289 9,367 10,313 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,562 14,766 10,876 12,452 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,056 15,315 12,405 11,421 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,548 5,607 5,610 6,115 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,332 19,955 5,821 14,324 Strip - Hot Rolled 178 1,381 643 802 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,939 8,153 2,209 6,753 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 January 2012 (CB-12-32)