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 February 2012 January 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 367,252 616,684 310,954 505,242 Ingots And Steel For Castings 804 636 904 1,062 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,900 16,076 16,636 14,097 Wire Rods 8,672 8,134 7,631 7,077 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,966 6,701 8,730 8,936 Plates Cut Lengths 22,004 33,662 19,729 30,375 Plates In Coils 3,513 3,849 11,634 11,554 Rails Standard 2,746 3,240 2,092 2,229 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,824 83,625 61,519 83,635 Bars - Light Shaped 2,843 2,825 3,769 3,774 Bars - Cold Finished 12,027 24,108 9,339 24,122 Tool Steel 13,403 39,043 16,041 44,946 Standard Pipe 5,932 11,881 1,353 3,929 Oil Country Goods 102,034 194,682 48,658 88,255 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,496 24,903 13,115 23,910 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 154 331 2,016 5,456 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18 36 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 18,249 47,494 15,769 39,265 Pressure Tubing 3,590 10,636 2,918 8,496 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 487 2,427 492 2,246 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,767 4,704 2,932 6,705 Pipe For Piling 53 58 41 41 Wire Drawn 8,895 16,235 10,726 19,113 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,551 14,217 14,341 17,117 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,681 22,059 9,777 12,801 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,850 19,621 17,197 20,023 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,880 4,917 1,651 2,227 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,859 15,330 8,802 15,712 Strip - Hot Rolled 145 647 193 814 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,910 4,607 2,952 7,322 -------------------------------------------------------------- January 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 325,003 528,052 Ingots And Steel For Castings 941 1,094 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 16,666 14,166 Wire Rods 7,631 7,077 Structural Shapes Heavy 8,765 8,972 Plates Cut Lengths 20,666 31,617 Plates In Coils 11,634 11,554 Rails Standard 2,092 2,229 Bars - Hot Rolled 63,062 85,413 Bars - Light Shaped 4,063 4,040 Bars - Cold Finished 9,468 24,424 Tool Steel 16,462 47,567 Standard Pipe 1,874 4,676 Oil Country Goods 56,084 99,374 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 13,115 23,910 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,062 5,529 Line Pipe - Not Specified 0 0 Mechanical Tubing 16,819 41,007 Pressure Tubing 3,060 8,883 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 510 2,349 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,932 6,705 Pipe For Piling 45 47 Wire Drawn 10,758 19,194 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,341 17,117 Sheets Cold Rolled 9,909 12,949 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,702 20,613 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,651 2,227 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 9,459 16,797 Strip - Hot Rolled 193 814 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,038 7,707 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2011 January 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 268,725 397,595 315,566 467,970 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,990 1,508 507 448 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 22,481 19,885 19,042 20,101 Wire Rods 4,161 3,505 4,902 4,069 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,275 5,522 5,225 5,615 Plates Cut Lengths 16,687 24,305 21,396 31,100 Plates In Coils 13,732 11,967 25,921 21,127 Rails Standard 3,711 4,028 222 305 Bars - Hot Rolled 48,366 57,978 56,763 66,236 Bars - Light Shaped 1,251 1,096 1,253 1,038 Bars - Cold Finished 5,839 14,229 5,532 12,271 Tool Steel 11,584 36,344 15,947 39,591 Standard Pipe 1,305 3,182 6,577 11,112 Oil Country Goods 48,503 86,584 62,343 110,998 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 8,958 11,510 11,807 17,747 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 223 339 78 210 Line Pipe - Not Specified 2,031 1,934 21 14 Mechanical Tubing 13,551 27,778 13,116 28,304 Pressure Tubing 2,008 5,426 2,030 5,321 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 336 1,221 420 1,935 Structural Pipe & Tube 868 2,786 1,577 5,011 Pipe For Piling 15 16 30 31 Wire Drawn 5,848 10,451 7,346 12,917 Sheets Hot Rolled 7,209 7,719 5,895 7,289 Sheets Cold Rolled 11,725 12,497 14,562 14,766 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 13,668 13,815 15,056 15,315 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 6,307 7,789 4,548 5,607 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,333 16,656 10,332 19,955 Strip - Hot Rolled 110 703 178 1,381 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,648 6,821 2,939 8,153 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 February 2012 (CB-02-xxx)