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 March 2012 February 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 429,998 698,862 367,252 616,684 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,372 1,441 804 636 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,024 32,639 15,900 16,076 Wire Rods 7,959 7,466 8,672 8,134 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,681 8,686 5,966 6,701 Plates Cut Lengths 22,441 35,530 22,004 33,662 Plates In Coils 6,138 6,174 3,513 3,849 Rails Standard 4,249 2,609 2,746 3,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 75,531 99,659 60,824 83,625 Bars - Light Shaped 2,513 2,438 2,843 2,825 Bars - Cold Finished 9,540 23,089 12,027 24,108 Tool Steel 13,509 44,075 13,403 39,043 Standard Pipe 2,625 7,008 5,932 11,881 Oil Country Goods 101,437 199,045 102,034 194,682 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,597 34,980 15,496 24,903 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42 188 154 331 Line Pipe - Not Specified 163 148 18 36 Mechanical Tubing 22,513 58,074 18,249 47,494 Pressure Tubing 3,674 9,365 3,590 10,636 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 549 2,320 487 2,427 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,542 7,649 1,767 4,704 Pipe For Piling 20 24 53 58 Wire Drawn 11,666 20,826 8,895 16,235 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,567 16,798 12,551 14,217 Sheets Cold Rolled 24,779 27,505 18,681 22,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,868 20,577 16,850 19,621 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,559 4,026 3,880 4,917 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,550 19,325 7,859 15,330 Strip - Hot Rolled 415 555 145 647 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,475 6,644 1,910 4,607 -------------------------------------------------------------- February 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 367,961 618,999 Ingots And Steel For Castings 804 636 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 15,900 16,076 Wire Rods 8,672 8,134 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,966 6,701 Plates Cut Lengths 22,020 33,683 Plates In Coils 3,513 3,849 Rails Standard 2,746 3,240 Bars - Hot Rolled 60,831 83,632 Bars - Light Shaped 2,850 2,832 Bars - Cold Finished 12,057 24,330 Tool Steel 13,414 39,079 Standard Pipe 5,932 11,881 Oil Country Goods 102,320 195,669 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,496 24,903 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 198 389 Line Pipe - Not Specified 18 36 Mechanical Tubing 18,249 47,494 Pressure Tubing 3,590 10,636 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 488 2,431 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,990 5,476 Pipe For Piling 53 58 Wire Drawn 8,973 16,377 Sheets Hot Rolled 12,551 14,217 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,681 22,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,850 19,621 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,880 4,917 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,864 15,387 Strip - Hot Rolled 145 647 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,910 4,607 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2011 February 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 334,404 518,501 268,725 397,595 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,180 1,383 1,990 1,508 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 25,429 29,712 22,481 19,885 Wire Rods 5,960 4,869 4,161 3,505 Structural Shapes Heavy 6,695 7,078 5,275 5,522 Plates Cut Lengths 29,378 44,279 16,687 24,305 Plates In Coils 9,034 8,898 13,732 11,967 Rails Standard 2,325 2,570 3,711 4,028 Bars - Hot Rolled 56,339 71,252 48,366 57,978 Bars - Light Shaped 1,818 1,548 1,251 1,096 Bars - Cold Finished 9,421 19,960 5,839 14,229 Tool Steel 12,167 36,315 11,584 36,344 Standard Pipe 2,754 6,391 1,305 3,182 Oil Country Goods 77,637 138,254 48,503 86,584 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 4,568 5,407 8,958 11,510 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,101 2,032 223 339 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,078 1,013 2,031 1,934 Mechanical Tubing 11,986 26,429 13,551 27,778 Pressure Tubing 2,697 6,829 2,008 5,426 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 348 1,274 336 1,221 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,893 5,685 868 2,786 Pipe For Piling 19 17 15 16 Wire Drawn 6,917 12,894 5,848 10,451 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,077 17,295 7,209 7,719 Sheets Cold Rolled 18,255 21,059 11,725 12,497 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,813 16,855 13,668 13,815 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,183 4,429 6,307 7,789 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,415 17,092 8,333 16,656 Strip - Hot Rolled 238 1,282 110 703 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,677 6,399 2,648 6,821 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 March 2012 (CB-12-64)