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 May 2012 April 2012 Preliminary Preliminary Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 450,816 764,434 413,599 654,895 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,267 2,673 1,544 1,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 12,051 11,717 31,950 28,946 Wire Rods 7,789 7,312 9,617 9,169 Structural Shapes Heavy 4,891 5,494 5,246 5,902 Plates Cut Lengths 24,370 38,939 22,427 34,182 Plates In Coils 15,484 14,747 24,663 22,418 Rails Standard 1,097 1,312 4,871 4,337 Bars - Hot Rolled 81,531 104,379 70,387 87,655 Bars - Light Shaped 1,992 1,929 2,068 1,989 Bars - Cold Finished 8,388 20,841 11,829 25,756 Tool Steel 13,123 42,104 12,623 40,407 Standard Pipe 9,916 16,758 4,240 7,222 Oil Country Goods 131,843 274,500 89,355 184,314 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 17,637 26,940 15,734 25,142 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 1,042 1,960 81 221 Line Pipe - Not Specified 5,641 8,706 1,358 2,175 Mechanical Tubing 26,960 60,995 21,355 48,366 Pressure Tubing 2,108 5,635 2,008 6,122 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 487 2,264 536 2,409 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,817 6,053 2,263 6,395 Pipe For Piling 24 35 36 46 Wire Drawn 10,268 18,806 10,285 19,640 Sheets Hot Rolled 18,363 20,383 15,924 18,389 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,907 17,309 16,235 20,894 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 22,425 25,587 18,933 21,873 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,964 2,480 4,821 5,312 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 8,948 15,643 10,586 17,306 Strip - Hot Rolled 347 2,050 190 1,191 Strip - Cold Rolled 3,133 6,883 2,437 5,738 -------------------------------------------------------------- April 2012 Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 426,778 674,837 Ingots And Steel For Castings 1,544 1,380 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 31,950 28,946 Wire Rods 9,617 9,169 Structural Shapes Heavy 5,250 5,906 Plates Cut Lengths 22,520 34,339 Plates In Coils 32,162 27,928 Rails Standard 4,871 4,337 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,875 88,584 Bars - Light Shaped 2,121 2,046 Bars - Cold Finished 12,013 26,122 Tool Steel 12,695 40,910 Standard Pipe 4,491 8,259 Oil Country Goods 92,529 192,912 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 15,734 25,142 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 87 235 Line Pipe - Not Specified 1,412 2,261 Mechanical Tubing 21,560 49,047 Pressure Tubing 2,072 6,345 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 551 2,475 Structural Pipe & Tube 2,362 6,650 Pipe For Piling 36 46 Wire Drawn 10,572 20,053 Sheets Hot Rolled 15,924 18,389 Sheets Cold Rolled 16,598 21,308 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 18,955 21,895 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 4,821 5,312 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 10,791 17,757 Strip - Hot Rolled 190 1,191 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,477 5,893 -------------------------------------------------------------- May 2011 April 2011 Final Final Commodity Grouping Quantity Value Quantity Value Total Selected Commodities 410,989 614,402 349,384 524,335 Ingots And Steel For Castings 2,330 2,676 2,774 2,934 Blooms, Billets And Slabs 47,495 55,955 8,827 10,098 Wire Rods 6,372 5,789 5,646 4,998 Structural Shapes Heavy 9,034 8,410 5,032 5,107 Plates Cut Lengths 25,388 37,552 24,792 36,866 Plates In Coils 20,116 19,294 9,417 10,482 Rails Standard 2,688 3,097 3,831 4,420 Bars - Hot Rolled 70,529 88,005 68,609 82,572 Bars - Light Shaped 2,062 1,881 1,018 939 Bars - Cold Finished 8,394 18,413 6,954 16,871 Tool Steel 14,435 40,934 10,821 36,052 Standard Pipe 4,209 9,918 6,905 16,833 Oil Country Goods 75,022 130,168 53,959 92,170 Line Pipe > 16 inches in diamete 42,978 54,828 50,382 63,111 Line Pipe <= 16 inches in diamet 23 95 2,530 5,019 Line Pipe - Not Specified 3,516 5,917 244 415 Mechanical Tubing 12,209 29,971 10,402 24,533 Pressure Tubing 2,790 7,181 1,432 4,724 Pipe & Tubing Nonclassified 412 1,915 445 1,829 Structural Pipe & Tube 1,402 5,436 1,818 5,081 Pipe For Piling 94 89 51 48 Wire Drawn 8,545 16,154 8,382 15,185 Sheets Hot Rolled 8,403 10,553 17,679 21,280 Sheets Cold Rolled 14,264 17,249 19,129 19,919 Sheets & Strip Galv Hot Dipped 16,723 16,750 15,256 15,438 Sheets & Strip Galv Electrolyt 1,449 2,002 3,426 4,081 Sheets & Strip - Electrical 7,809 16,769 7,951 16,525 Strip - Hot Rolled 128 888 120 916 Strip - Cold Rolled 2,169 6,516 1,552 5,889 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 Maria Iseman (301-763-2311), Foreign Trade Division, U.S. Census Bureau. SOURCE: U.S. Imports for Consumption of Steel Products: Preliminary May 2012 (CB-12-110)