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 April 2012 March 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 413,599 654,895 429,998 698,862 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,544 1,380 1,372 1,441 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,950 28,946 38,024 32,639 Wire Rods 9,617 9,169 7,959 7,466 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,246 5,902 7,681 8,686 Plates Cut Lengths 22,427 34,182 22,441 35,530 Plates In Coils 24,663 22,418 6,138 6,174 Rails Standard 4,871 4,337 4,249 2,609 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,387 87,655 75,531 99,659 Bars - Light Shaped 2,068 1,989 2,513 2,438 Bars - Cold Finished 11,829 25,756 9,540 23,089 Tool Steel 12,623 40,407 13,509 44,075 Standard Pipe 4,240 7,222 2,625 7,008 Oil Country Goods 89,355 184,314 101,437 199,045 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,734 25,142 20,597 34,980 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 81 221 42 188 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,358 2,175 163 148 Mechanical Tubing 21,355 48,366 22,513 58,074 Pressure Tubing 2,008 6,122 3,674 9,365 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 536 2,409 549 2,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,263 6,395 2,542 7,649 Pipe For Piling 36 46 20 24 Wire Drawn 10,285 19,640 11,666 20,826 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,924 18,389 14,567 16,798 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,235 20,894 24,779 27,505 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,933 21,873 17,868 20,577 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,821 5,312 3,559 4,026 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,586 17,306 11,550 19,325 Strip - Hot Rolled 190 1,191 415 555 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,437 5,738 2,475 6,644 -------------------------------------------------------------- March 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 433,866 707,866 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,372 1,441 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 38,035 32,684 Wire Rods 7,959 7,466 Structural Shapes Heavy 7,681 8,686 Plates Cut Lengths 22,829 36,089 Plates In Coils 6,138 6,174 Rails Standard 2,459 2,609 Bars - Hot Rolled 78,679 104,627 Bars - Light Shaped 2,530 2,458 Bars - Cold Finished 9,556 23,148 Tool Steel 13,695 44,504 Standard Pipe 2,625 7,008 Oil Country Goods 103,112 201,253 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 20,597 34,980 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 42 188 Line Pipe - Not Specified 163 148 Mechanical Tubing 22,616 58,336 Pressure Tubing 3,706 9,447 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 549 2,320 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,542 7,649 Pipe For Piling 37 39 Wire Drawn 11,701 20,876 Sheets Hot Rolled 14,567 16,798 Sheets Cold Rolled 25,029 27,819 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 17,868 20,577 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,559 4,026 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 11,570 19,367 Strip - Hot Rolled 156 434 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,492 6,716 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2011 March 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 349,384 524,335 334,404 518,501 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,774 2,934 1,180 1,383 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 8,827 10,098 25,429 29,712 Wire Rods 5,646 4,998 5,960 4,869 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,032 5,107 6,695 7,078 Plates Cut Lengths 24,792 36,866 29,378 44,279 Plates In Coils 9,417 10,482 9,034 8,898 Rails Standard 3,831 4,420 2,325 2,570 Bars - Hot Rolled 68,609 82,572 56,339 71,252 Bars - Light Shaped 1,018 939 1,818 1,548 Bars - Cold Finished 6,954 16,871 9,421 19,960 Tool Steel 10,821 36,052 12,167 36,315 Standard Pipe 6,905 16,833 2,754 6,391 Oil Country Goods 53,959 92,170 77,637 138,254 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 50,382 63,111 4,568 5,407 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 2,530 5,019 1,101 2,032 Line Pipe - Not Specified 244 415 1,078 1,013 Mechanical Tubing 10,402 24,533 11,986 26,429 Pressure Tubing 1,432 4,724 2,697 6,829 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 445 1,829 348 1,274 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,818 5,081 1,893 5,685 Pipe For Piling 51 48 19 17 Wire Drawn 8,382 15,185 6,917 12,894 Sheets Hot Rolled 17,679 21,280 14,077 17,295 Sheets Cold Rolled 19,129 19,919 18,255 21,059 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 15,256 15,438 16,813 16,855 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 3,426 4,081 3,183 4,429 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,951 16,525 8,415 17,092 Strip - Hot Rolled 120 916 238 1,282 Strip - Cold Rolled 1,552 5,889 2,677 6,399 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 April 2012 (CB-12-91)